DEEP CEREBRAL INVASION BY BASAL-CELL CARCINOMA OF THE SCALP

Authors
PARIZEL PM DIRIX L VANDENWEYNGAERT D LAMBERT JR SCALLIET P VANOOSTEROM AT DESCHEPPER AM
Citation
Pm. Parizel et al., DEEP CEREBRAL INVASION BY BASAL-CELL CARCINOMA OF THE SCALP, Neuroradiology, 38(6), 1996, pp. 575-577
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
38
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
575 - 577
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1996)38:6<575:DCIBBC>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We report recurrent basal cell carcinoma of the scalp with deep cerebr al invasion in an 82-year-old man. Plain films and CT showed extensive , full thickness, skull destruction at the vertex. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI revealed neoplastic invasion of the meninges and left cerebral he misphere, down to the lateral ventricle. We postulate that tumour exte nded into the brain along perivascular spaces of transcerebral vessels . This hypothesis is supported by the cleft-like contrast enhancement on MRI.