Late intracranial metastasis from adenoid-cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland: Imaging, histologic and molecular features

Mauro Morassi; Alessandro Scavuzzo; Milena Cobelli; Barbara Liserre; Jahard Aliaga Arias; Brunella Di Biasi

doi:10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2020.100564

Late intracranial metastasis from adenoid-cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland: Imaging, histologic and molecular features

Curr Probl Cancer. 2020 Oct;44(5):100564. doi: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2020.100564. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

Authors

Mauro Morassi¹, Alessandro Scavuzzo², Milena Cobelli³, Barbara Liserre⁴, Jahard Aliaga Arias⁵, Brunella Di Biasi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Unit, Fondazione Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: mauro.morassi@poliambulanza.it.
² Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Unit, Fondazione Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro.scavuzzo@poliambulanza.it.
³ Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Unit, Fondazione Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: milena.cobelli@poliambulanza.it.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Fondazione Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: barbara.liserre@poliambulanza.it.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: j.aliagaarias@unibs.it.
⁶ Department of Oncology, Fondazione Poliambulanza Hospital, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: brunella.dibiasi@poliambulanza.it.

PMID: 32173057
DOI: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2020.100564

Abstract

We describe the neuroradiologic, histologic, and genetic features of a very unusual intracranial dural metastasis from adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland detected 27 years after the initial diagnosis.

Keywords: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC); Dural metastasis; Imaging; genetic profile..

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
Brain Neoplasms / surgery
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / pathology*
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parotid Neoplasms / pathology*
Parotid Neoplasms / surgery
Prognosis