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Kim K, Lee J, Seong J. Skull Base Metastasis from Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Presentation and Efficacy of Radiotherapy. J Hepatocell Carcinoma 2022; 9:357-366. [PMID: 35520947 PMCID: PMC9064478 DOI: 10.2147/jhc.s361045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Purpose Skull base metastasis (SBM) from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presents detrimental survival outcomes with cranial nerve symptoms; however, they have received little attention. This study aimed to investigate the clinical presentation and efficacy of radiation therapy (RT) in patients with SBM from HCC. Patients and Methods We identified patients with SBM from HCC in Yonsei Cancer Center from 2005 to 2019. Image evaluations and SBM-related symptoms were reviewed. Overall survival was calculated using the Kaplan–Meier method and compared through the Log rank test. The oligometastasis group included patients with less than five foci of tumors, while the extensive metastasis group presented five or more sites. Results The incidence of SBM from HCC was 1.5% (58/3793 patients), commonly found in the middle cranial fossa. SBM associated symptoms presented in 51 patients, and the most common were head and neck area pain, and orbital symptoms, The palliation rate after RT was 65% (24/39 patients) for overall symptoms and 83.3% (20/24 patients) for cranial nerve symptoms. In whole cohort, overall survival was analyzed, and the median overall survival of patients with oligometastasis was better than extensive metastasis (23.7 months vs 1.8 months, p < 0.001). In subgroup who received RT (39 patients), the median overall survival was 23.7 and 2.7 months for patients with oligo and extensive metastasis, respectively (p < 0.001). Conclusion This study confirmed clinical features of SBM from HCC. Overall survival was generally poor, but patients presenting oligometastasis seemed to have possibility of relative long-term survival. Although radiation was effective in SBM-induced symptom relief, dose–response relationship in local control rate and overall survival needs further studies with larger number of patients.
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- Kangpyo Kim
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jozsa F, Das JM. Metastatic Lesions of the Clivus: A Systematic Review. World Neurosurg 2021; 158:190-204. [PMID: 34861450 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.11.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Metastatic lesions of the clivus are extremely rare, having previously been estimated as representing 0.02% of all intracranial tumors. Owing to its close intracranial relationship with the clivus before entering the cavernous sinus, clinical palsies of the sixth cranial nerve have been classically associated with destructive lesions of this structure. METHODS A comprehensive search of PubMed was conducted for studies of patients with metastasis to the clivus from primary cancer at any site. Studies reported in English in the past 20 years from our last search on April 12, 2021 were included. The data collected included patient age, sex, symptoms at presentation, histopathology and treatment timeline of the primary tumor, treatment, follow-up, and mortality. RESULTS After the literature review, 46 studies reporting on 58 patients with clivus metastasis were included in the final analysis. The mean age of the patients was 57.5 years, and 39 were male (67.2%). The most common sites of the primary tumor were the prostate (22%), gastrointestinal tract (15%), lung (13%), and kidney (11%). In 43% of patients, symptoms of clivus metastasis had presented before the diagnosis of primary cancer was known, and 71% of the patients had presented with sixth nerve palsy. Of the 58 patients, 53% had undergone surgery, and 37% had received adjuvant radiotherapy. Of the 58 patients, 25% had received radiotherapy alone. The endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to the clivus was almost uniquely used for surgical management. Survival data were available for 31 patients. Death had occurred at a mean of 9.4 months after the presentation of clivus metastasis. A strong correlation was found between the interval from primary cancer to the presentation of clivus metastasis and mortality. CONCLUSIONS Although an extremely rare occurrence, clivus metastasis should be considered in patients with a history of malignancy, in particular, prostate malignancy, presenting with new-onset isolated sixth nerve palsy.
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- Felix Jozsa
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Bahrain Specialist Hospital, Juffair, Bahrain
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Katsuse K, Shiozawa M, Bae Y, Hashida H. Oculomotor Paresis: An Early Manifestation of Prostate Cancer. Intern Med 2019; 58:3199-3200. [PMID: 31292401 PMCID: PMC6875460 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3114-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Kazuto Katsuse
- Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan
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Facial nerve palsy as a primary presentation of advanced carcinoma of the prostate: An unusual occurrence. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.afju.2015.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Özbek Z, Özkara E, Arik D, Ant MA. Calvarial-orbital Metastasis of Prostate Carcinoma which was Diagnosed with Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy. Asian J Neurosurg 2017; 12:769-771. [PMID: 29114308 PMCID: PMC5652120 DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.180933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Sixth nerve palsy is frequently due to infectious orbital lesions, trauma, elevated intracranial pressure, brainstem lesions, and vasculopathies. Here, we describe a rare cause of sixth cranial nerve (CN) palsy secondary to calvarial and orbital metastasis of prostate carcinoma. The diagnosis of the prostate carcinoma with sixth CN palsy is a very rare condition. A 66-year-old male patient presented with complaints of blurred vision, double vision, and inability to move outward in the right eye for 3 weeks. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a right orbitocalvarial mass and the mass surgically removed completely. Pathologic findings were compatible with prostate adenocarcinoma metastasis. After surgical removal, significant improvement in sixth CN palsy was observed.
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- Zühtü Özbek
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Dekker SE, Wasman J, Yoo KK, Alonso F, Tarr RW, Bambakidis NC, Rodriguez K. Clival Metastasis of a Duodenal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review. World Neurosurg 2016; 100:62-68. [PMID: 28034818 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.12.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Clival metastases of adenocarcinomas are exceptionally rare tumors, especially when they arise from the small intestine. We present the first, to our knowledge, report of a metastasis of a duodenal adenocarcinoma to the clivus. We also present a systematic review detailing metastasis to the clivus. METHODS Studies were identified using the search terms "clival metastasis," "skull base metastasis," and "clivus" in PubMed. We collected the following information: histopathology of the primary tumor, symptoms, history, treatment, and follow-up. RESULTS A comprehensive review of the literature yielded 56 cases. Patients developed the first symptoms of clival metastasis at a mean age of 58 years. The most common primary neoplasms originated from the prostate, kidney, or liver. Most patients presented with an isolated sixth nerve palsy or diplopia. The time interval from diagnosis of the primary tumor to symptomatic presentation of clival metastasis ranged from 2 months to 33 years. Sixteen patients initially presented with symptoms of clival metastasis without a previously diagnosed primary tumor. Survival data were available for 35 patients, of which 63% died within a range of 2 days to 31 months after initial presentation. CONCLUSIONS Most primary neoplasms originated from the prostate, kidney, and liver, which differ from previous reports on skull base metastases. Abducens nerve palsy is often the first presentation of clival metastasis. Clival metastasis from duodenal carcinoma, although very rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of bony lesions of the clivus in a patient with a history of duodenal adenocarcinoma.
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- Simone E Dekker
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Adult onset, multiple oculo-motor nerve palsies are usually due to neoplasia and trauma. We report two cases whose initial presenting sign was oculo-motor cranial nerve palsy and were later found to have metastatic carcinoma.
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- D Kumudhan
- Department of ophthalmology, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, Scotland.
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Cecchi PC, Kluge R, Schwarz A. Calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature. Asian J Neurosurg 2015; 9:242. [PMID: 25685234 PMCID: PMC4323981 DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.146648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Hematogenous bone metastases from endometrial carcinoma are not frequent and their treatment is a matter of debate. We describe an extremely rare case of calvarial metastasis from endometrial carcinoma in an 80-year-old woman treated by means of one-step surgical radical resection and heterologous cranioplasty, along with a review of the literature regarding epidemiology, clinico-radiological features, prognosis, and management of skull metastases.
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- Service of Pathology, Regional General Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
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Kolias AG, Derham C, Mankad K, Hasegawa H, O’Kane R, Ismail A, Phillips NI. Multiple cranial neuropathy as the initial presentation of metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma: case report and review of literature. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2010; 152:1251-5. [PMID: 20379748 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0630-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2008] [Accepted: 03/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The skull base is an atypical metastatic site for prostate carcinoma. It is usually encountered late in the disease process in patients with known advanced disease. However, skull base involvement causing cranial nerve palsies may rarely be the presenting sign of prostate carcinoma. Such patients may present to a number of specialties including neurosurgery and can pose a diagnostic challenge in the absence of lower urinary tract symptoms. Here, we describe an unusual case of prostate adenocarcinoma presenting as a central skull base tumour with multiple cranial neuropathy.
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Weerakkody YD, Feltham RL, Leigh AJ. Midline shift, seizures and acute neurological deterioration due to cranial vault metastases from prostatic carcinoma. J Clin Neurosci 2009; 16:1506-7. [PMID: 19651516 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Intracranial metastases from prostatic cancer are rare, but cranial vault metastases are not. Most patients who have vault metastases present with local symptoms such as pain. We describe a patient who presented with acute neurological symptoms as well as a midline shift, seizures and secondary intracranial effects as a result of the extensive cranial vault metastases from prostate cancer; the symptoms mimicked those of intracranial metastases.
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- Y D Weerakkody
- Fulford Radiology, Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth 4601, New Zealand
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Liniker E, Hyatt P. Temporary bilateral oculomotor nerve palsy as the sole presenting sign of a pituitary mass. BMJ Case Rep 2009; 2009:bcr08.2009.2193. [PMID: 22110556 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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A 65-year-old patient presented with isolated bilateral third nerve palsy. Neuroimaging demonstrated a 2 cm pituitary mass with extension into the cavernous sinus on the right. The patient went on to experience spontaneous complete resolution of symptoms with associated radiological shrinkage of the mass. Bilateral third nerve palsy is a very rare presenting sign, with only one previous case reported in the literature secondary to a pituitary adenoma. Spontaneous resolution of non-functioning pituitary tumours is reported to occur in approximately 10% of cases. However, there are only a small number of reports to date involving spontaneous regression of tumours with corresponding resolution of cranial nerve palsies.
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- Elizabeth Liniker
- North Middlesex University Hospital, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sterling Way, London N18 1QX, UK
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Laigle-Donadey F, Taillibert S, Martin-Duverneuil N, Hildebrand J, Delattre JY. Skull-base metastases. J Neurooncol 2005; 75:63-9. [PMID: 16215817 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-004-8099-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Metastasis to the skull-base particularly affects patients with carcinoma of the breast and prostate. Clinically, the key feature is progressive ipsilateral involvement of cranial nerves. Five syndromes have been described according to the metastatic site including the orbital, parasellar, middle-fossa, jugular foramen and occipital condyle syndromes. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is nowadays the most useful examination to establish the diagnosis but plain films, CT scans with bone windows and isotope bone scans remain helpful to demonstrate bone erosion. Normal imaging studies do not exclude the diagnosis. The treatment depends on the nature of the underlying tumor. Radiotherapy is generally the standard treatment, while some patients with chemosensitive or hormonosensitive lesions benefit from chemotherapy or hormonotherapy and selected patients from surgical removal. Gamma Knife radiosurgery is sometimes a useful alternative, particularly for previously irradiated skull-base regions, and for small tumors (diameter < 30 mm). The overall prognosis is poor, with an overall median survival of about 2.5 years, probably because skull-base metastases appear late in the course of the disease.
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- Florence Laigle-Donadey
- Fédération de Neurologie Mazarin, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 boulevard de l'hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France
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Kumar P, Duarte J, Pati J. Metastatic prostate cancer presenting as diplopia with regression of signs with hormone manipulation. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2005; 66:646. [PMID: 16308964 DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2005.66.11.20032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- P Kumar
- Department of Urology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE
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Kumar P, Duarte J, Pati J. Metastatic prostate cancer presenting as diplopia with regression of signs with hormone manipulation. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2005. [DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2005.66.11.20031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Department of Urology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE
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We review the question of diagnosis of painful and relatively isolated ophthalmoplegia due to diseases affecting the ocular motor nerves. For each clinical setting, we provide an overview of the main causes and a practical way to approach the diagnosis. As vascular malformations should always be kept in mind in patients with painful ophthalmoplegia, emergency neuroradiological investigations may be needed. However, the etiological scope is wide and the rationale for choosing the more appropriate examination and its optimal timing depends exclusively on the clinical evaluation. Despite advances in investigation techniques, diagnosis may remain difficult or even unresolved in a certain number of patients. We discuss successively paralysis of the third, sixth and fourth nerve, paralysis of several ocular motor nerves, recurrent ophthalmoplegia and ischaemic ocular motor palsies, which are the most frequent cause.
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- A Vighetto
- Service de Neurologie D, Hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer et Université Claude-Bernard Lyon I, Lyon.
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McDermott RS, Anderson PR, Greenberg RE, Milestone BN, Hudes GR. Cranial nerve deficits in patients with metastatic prostate carcinoma. Cancer 2004; 101:1639-43. [PMID: 15468187 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cranial nerve lesions due to metastases from prostate carcinoma to the skull base are an uncommon yet clinically significant finding. METHODS The authors report the clinical features, treatment, and outcomes for 15 patients who presented with cranial nerve palsies complicating metastatic prostate carcinoma. Patient charts identified from a Fox Chase Cancer Center treatment data base were reviewed. RESULTS All patients had hormone-refractory disease at the time of symptom onset. Twelve of 15 patients had received prior chemotherapy, and 13 of 15 patients had received prior radiation therapy to areas of bony pain. Symptoms varied from recognized clinical syndromes involving multiple cranial nerves to isolated cranial nerve lesions. All patients had lesions at the skull base that were visualized on computed tomography scans or magnetic resonance images. All patients were treated with palliative radiation therapy to either the whole brain or the skull base. Fourteen of 15 patients had a clinical (either partial or complete) response to radiation therapy. All responding patients subsequently died of prostate carcinoma without worsening of residual or development of new cranial nerve symptoms. Ten of 15 patients (67%) died within 3 months of developing symptoms, and the remaining 5 patients lived between 9 months and 31 months from onset of symptoms. CONCLUSIONS The authors concluded that palliative radiation therapy should be considered in this heterogeneous group of patients given the potential for significant symptom improvement.
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- Raymond S McDermott
- Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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