Occipital condyle syndrome secondary to bone metastases from rectal cancer.
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.
Marruecos
J
J
Department of Radiation Oncology , Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain.
Conill
C
C
Valduvieco
I
I
Vargas
M
M
Berenguer
J
J
Maurel
J
J
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