title: [A giant malignant tumour of the skull-Case report and differential diagnosis].
abstract: The case of a 72-year-old woman with a high-partially located tumor grown within a half year to a magnitude of 8.5 x 11 x 11 cm is reported. The patient remembered a mastectomy and axillary lymphadenectomy followed by chemotherapy and radiation 8 years ago. Therefore we assumed a skeletal metastasis of a breast cancer. After wide excision, an unusual morphology was found, allowing only a classification as a pleomorphic sarcoma. Searching for the pathohistological evaluation of the former breast tumor, a cystosarcoma phylloides malignum could be found out. The tumor described here can be identified as a metastasis of this rare neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik I der Universität Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Udelnow
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leinung
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dannenberg
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Trantakis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schönfelder
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Würl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Ein gigantischer maligner Tumor der Kalotte - Fallbericht und Differentialdiagnose.