Patterns of involvement of the temporal bone in metastatic and systemic malignancy
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 90 (4) , 619-627
- https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-198004000-00008
Abstract
The temporal bone appears to be involved with secondary malignant processes in discrete histologic patterns with rather characteristic clinical presentations. Five distinct types of involvement can be recognized: isolated metastasis from a distant primary tumor; direct extension from a regional primary tumor; meningeal carcinomatosis; leptomenin-geal extension from an intracranial primary tumor; and leukemic or lymphomatous infiltration. The typical histopathological patterns are described with correlative clinical symtomatolgy. Differential diagnosis is considered, and guidelines for surgical management are discussed.Keywords
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