An Extremely Rare, Remote Intracerebral Metastasis of Oral Cavity Cancer: A Case Report

  • Gabriele Schackert
  • Matthias Kirsch
Publication date
August 2016

Abstract

Copyright © 2013 Mario Leimert et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Distant brain metastases from oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) are extremely rare. Here we describe a case of a 53-year-old man with a primary OSCC who referred to the neurosurgical department because of epileptic seizures. MR imaging revealed an enhancing lesion in the right parietal lobe. A craniotomy with tumor removing was performed. Histopathological examination verified an invasive, minimally differentiated metastasis of the primary OSCC. The patient refused whole brain radiation th...

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