Cerebellar metastasis from prostatic carcinoma simulating, on CT-scan, a cerebellopontine angle tumor. Case report

Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1989 Feb;11(1):21-4.

Abstract

The authors report a rare case of cerebellar metastasis from prostatic carcinoma simulating on computerized tomography a cerebellopontine angle tumor. Solitary intracerebral metastases from prostatic cancer are infrequent, and their location in the posterior fossa with extension in the cerebellopontine angle is quite unusual. The differential CT findings from more common benign cerebellopontine angle tumors are briefly outlined.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma / secondary*
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Neoplasms*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed