Open AccessIntracranial Adenocystic Carcinoma Presenting as a Primary Brain Tumor
Author(s) -
Joseph M. Piepmeier,
Chat Virapongse,
E. Leon Kier,
J Kim,
Ana B.W. Greenberg
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198303000-00021
Subject(s) - medicine , intracranial tumor , primary tumor , trigeminal nerve , brain tumor , presentation (obstetrics) , carcinoma , perineural invasion , pathology , radiology , metastasis , cancer , anatomy
We present a case of an intracranial adenocystic carcinoma that clinically and radiographically mimicked a primary intracranial tumor. The radiological work-up of this tumor is presented in detail. We suggest that perineural intracranial invasion by the tumor along the trigeminal nerve resulted in its presentation as a primary intracranial tumor.