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Deep cerebral invasion by basal cell carcinoma of the scalp
P M Parizel1, L Dirix, D Van den Weyngaert
1Department of Radiology, University of Antwerp (Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem, Belgium.
Neuroradiology
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report recurrent basal cell carcinoma of the scalp with deep cerebral invasion in an 82-year-old man. Plain films and CT showed extensive, full thickness, skull destruction at the vertex. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI revealed neoplastic invasion of the meninges and left cerebral hemisphere, down to the lateral ventricle. We postulate that tumour extended into the brain along perivascular spaces of transcerebral vessels. This hypothesis is supported by the cleft-like contrast enhancement on MRI.