Intracranial metastatic parathyroid carcinoma. Case report and review of the literature.
Parathyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a rare pathological entity, with fewer than 400 reported cases. Intracranial metastasis of a PTC is exceptional; only five other cases have been identified in the English literature. The authors present a unique case of a patient with a solitary intracerebral metastasis of a PTC in an individual presumed to have hereditary hyperparathyroidism who had concomitant papillary and follicular carcinomas of the thyroid. The literature relevant to the management of these rare lesions is reviewed and discussed.
Kern
Michael
M
Department of Neurosurgery , Radiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, University of Western Australia Nedlands, Australia. michael_kern@gmx.de
Lee
Gabriel
G
Robbins
Peter
P
Bynevelt
Michael
M
Watson
Peter
P
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D018265:Carcinoma, Papillary, Follicular / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*