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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2020; 15(03): 722-725
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_148_20
Case Report

Primary intracranial squamous cell carcinoma with a fatal course

Patrizia Pisano
Department of Surgical Sciences, Neurosurgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia
,
Francesco Lombardi
Department of Surgical Sciences, Neurosurgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia
,
Daniele Bongetta
1   Department of Neurosurgery, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milan
,
Giuseppe La Rocca
2   Institute of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University, Rome
,
Giuseppe Della Pepa
2   Institute of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University, Rome
,
Cesare Zoia
Department of Surgical Sciences, Neurosurgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia
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Intracranial squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) are extremely rare. They can be primary or represent a degeneration of an epidermoid cyst (EC). We report the case of a patient operated, with an endoscopic transnasal approach, for a primary intracranial SCC. The optimal management for patients with primary intracranial SCC or ECs which have undergone malignant degeneration has yet to be identified.

Key-words:

Endoscopic transnasal approach - epidermoid cyst - intracranial squamous cell carcinoma

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Publication History

Received: 08 April 2020

Accepted: 21 May 2020

Article published online:
16 August 2022

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