title: Intracranial extension of basal cell carcinoma of the scalp.
abstract: A case of recurrent basal cell carcinoma of the right occipital scalp is reported. Plain film, CT, and MRI examinations of the head demonstrated direct neoplastic invasion through the occipital bone and meninges into the right cerebellar hemisphere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 62769.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wynstra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed