Synchronous dural and cutaneous metastases along the distribution of the external carotid artery.
Dural metastases in the posterior fossa are relatively rare. We report a combination of cutaneous metastases in the scalp of the occiput with ipsilateral dural metastasis in the posterior fossa, on the inferior surface of the tentorium. It is suggested that all the metastases spread via the external carotid artery.
Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D002342:Carotid Artery, External; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004388:Dura Mater; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*