Open AccessA rare case of brain metastasis
Author(s) -
Vijay Gupta,
Neeraj Basantani,
Arilma Selma de Oliveira Carvalho,
Ekata Gupta,
Nitesh Kumar Goyal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nepal journal of neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1813-1956
pISSN - 1813-1948
DOI - 10.3126/njn.v17i2.30167
Subject(s) - medicine , craniotomy , basal cell , brain metastasis , magnetic resonance imaging , metastasis , lesion , pathology , radiation therapy , frontal lobe , head and neck , radiology , surgery , cancer , psychiatry
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma metastasis to brain is unusual and rare. We present a case of a 61-year-old man with a primary oral squamous cell carcinoma who was referred to our department for evaluation of decreased sensorium and hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a ring enhancing central hypo-intense lesion with surrounding perilesional oedema on T1WI in the left frontal lobe. Left frontal craniotomy with gross total tumour removal was performed. Histopathological examination confirmed metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. The patient was subsequently offered adjuvant radiation therapy. To the best of our knowledge, few such cases have been reported.