title: Occipital condyle syndrome secondary to bone metastases from rectal cancer.
abstract: Skull-base metastases are very unfrequent. Occipital condyle syndrome (OCS) is usually underdiagnosed. Until now few cases have been reported in the literature. We present a 71-year-old woman with metastatic rectum adenocarcinoma, with right occipital headache and ipsilateral hypoglossal palsy, diagnosed by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of OCS due to a skull-base metastasis and treated with radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology , Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marruecos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conill
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Valduvieco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berenguer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maurel
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020437:Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009777:Occipital Bone; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D013577:Syndrome