title: Fatal cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with extension through the maxillary sinus and orbit into the brain.
abstract: Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas may cause death by metastasis or by local extension. We describe a deeply invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma that caused death by direct extension into the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Elston
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*