Meckel’s cave and bilateral internal auditory canal metastasis of adenocarcinoma of unknown primary

Meckel’s cave and bilateral internal auditory canal metastasis of adenocarcinoma of unknown primary

Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary presenting as metastasis to Meckel’s cave and bilateral internal auditory canals is rare. We report a case of a 65-year-old chronic smoker presenting with ontological symptoms and trigeminal neuralgia who, on neuroimaging, revealed metastatic deposits to bilateral i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Institute of Medicine 2017-04, Vol.39 (1), p.136-138
Hauptverfasser: Gurung, U, Tse, A, Corbridge, R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary presenting as metastasis to Meckel’s cave and bilateral internal auditory canals is rare. We report a case of a 65-year-old chronic smoker presenting with ontological symptoms and trigeminal neuralgia who, on neuroimaging, revealed metastatic deposits to bilateral internal auditory meatus (IAM) and also Meckel’s cave.
ISSN:1993-2979
1993-2987
DOI:10.59779/jiomnepal.765