Perineural spread of facial squamous cell carcinoma.
A 64 year old man presented with progressive impairment of right sided cranial nerves. Chronic immunosuppression for renal transplantation had resulted in multiple squamous cell carcinomata of the head and neck. Magnetic resonance imaging and subsequent right facial nerve biopsy confirmed perineural spread of a squamous cell carcinoma as the cause of the multiple cranial neuropathies.
Department of Neurology, Pacific Laboratory Medicine Services, Royal North Shore Hospital, Level 4, Suite 8, Westbourne Street, St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales 2065, Australia.
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Nogajski
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Brewer
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Storey
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D007633:Keratins