To the Editor:Skull metastases are common cranial tumors in adults.Breast cancer,lung cancer,prostate cancer and malignant lymphoma are the most common types of primary tumor.Skull metastases are often asymptomatic;ho...To the Editor:Skull metastases are common cranial tumors in adults.Breast cancer,lung cancer,prostate cancer and malignant lymphoma are the most common types of primary tumor.Skull metastases are often asymptomatic;however,they can also cause local pain and cranial nerve palsies,and even severe disability due to compres-sion of the dural sinuses[1].In these cases,surgery is necessary to improve the patients'quality of life,especially relieving the mass effect of skull metastasis.Skull metastases from less common ma-lignant tumors such as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma(ICC)have rarely been described[2–6],and its treatment still remained a big challenge for all neurosurgeons.Here,we present an asymptomatic case of giant skull metastases from ICC treated with complete re-section and chemotherapy.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the Medicine and Health Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province(2018ZH009)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(LQ20H160040).
文摘To the Editor:Skull metastases are common cranial tumors in adults.Breast cancer,lung cancer,prostate cancer and malignant lymphoma are the most common types of primary tumor.Skull metastases are often asymptomatic;however,they can also cause local pain and cranial nerve palsies,and even severe disability due to compres-sion of the dural sinuses[1].In these cases,surgery is necessary to improve the patients'quality of life,especially relieving the mass effect of skull metastasis.Skull metastases from less common ma-lignant tumors such as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma(ICC)have rarely been described[2–6],and its treatment still remained a big challenge for all neurosurgeons.Here,we present an asymptomatic case of giant skull metastases from ICC treated with complete re-section and chemotherapy.
