Calvarial and scalp metastases: an unusual presentation of non-small-cell lung cancer.
We report the case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with scalp and skull masses. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic tumor from non-small-cell lung cancer. To our knowledge, this is the sixth case reported in the English literature. Although the occurrence of the distant neoplastic spread was a preterminal event, local electron beam irradiation effected significant resolution of the metastatic tumors.
Ampil
Federico L
FL
Division of Therapeutic Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, USA.
Gonzalez-Toledo
Eduardo
E
Krishnamsetty
R Murty
RM
D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*