Skull metastasis

Case contributed by Dalia Ibrahim , 9 Jan 2016
Diagnosis probable
Changed by Bruno Di Muzio, 10 Jan 2016

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Head swelling.
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The patient hadhas a historyknown hepatocellular carcinoma. The diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinomathis skull lesions is presumptive due the appearance and the clinical data. Other similar cases of skull metastases secondary to an HCC have been reported in the medical literature. A meningeal haemangiopericytoma remains a less likely differential for this case.

  • -<p>The patient had a history of hepatocellular carcinoma.</p>
  • +<p>The patient has a known <a title="Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)" href="/articles/hepatocellular-carcinoma">hepatocellular carcinoma</a>. The diagnosis of this skull lesions is presumptive due the appearance and the clinical data. Other similar cases of skull metastases secondary to an HCC have been reported in the medical literature. A meningeal haemangiopericytoma remains a less likely differential for this case.</p>

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Right pareitalparietal/occipital large destructive osteolytic lesion, associated with large ehancingenhancing extra-osseous soft tissue component which shows large extra and intra- cranial-cranial soft tissue component showing necrotic cystic center. 

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Right pareitalThere is right parietal/occipital large destructive and marrow infiltrative lesion of abnormal signal, assoicatedassociated with large ehancing extra-osseous soft tissue component elicitingsignificant enhancing, isointense signal aton T1 WI and T2 WI with a cystic necrotic center, it significantly compresses the posterior aspect of the superior sagittal sinus.

Small arteryChronic small vessels disease.

The remainder exams is unremarkable. 

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