title: Infratemporal and intraorbital metastasis of the glioblastoma multiforme. A case report.
abstract: Primary brain tumors rarely metastasize outside of the central nervous system. A case of 37-year-old woman with a temporal lobe glial tumor which shows infratemporal and orbital invasion is presented. She had undergone a cranial operation because of temporal lobe epilepsy 8 years ago. Defects on the dura and bone flap were thought to be the mechanisms of the infratemporal fossa invasion. The case illustrates extra-axial metastasis of glioblastoma multiforme, an exceptional finding.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tun
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ugur
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erekul
mesh_terms: D001253:Astrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000009:adverse effects; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery