title: Primary carcinoid tumor of the skull base: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We present an unusual case of primary intracranial carcinoid tumor of the skull base centered at the level of the foramen jugulare, which was proven with surgical biopsy and later with Somatostatin receptor nuclear medicine scan. We present the salient magnetic resonance imaging features of this rare tumor, describe their characteristic nuclear medicine findings, and briefly review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0302, USA.
authors.forename: Mohannad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yousef
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bohnen
authors.forename: Avraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eisbruch
authors.forename: Hemant
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parmar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*