Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2009-Nov
Midline shift, seizures and acute neurological deterioration due to cranial vault metastases from prostatic carcinoma.
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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.