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Occipital condyle syndrome secondary to bone metastases from rectal cancer

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Skull-base metastases are very unfrequent. Occipital condyle syndrome (OCS) is usually underdiagnosed. Until now few cases have been reported in the literature. We present a 71-year-old woman with metastatic rectum adenocarcinoma, with right occipital headache and ipsilateral hypoglossal palsy, diagnosed by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of OCS due to a skull-base metastasis and treated with radiation therapy.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), C/Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain

    Jordi Marruecos, Carlos Conill, Izaskun Valduvieco & Mauricio Vargas

  2. Department of Radiology (CDIC), Hospital Clínic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Berenguer

  3. Department of Medical Oncology (ICMHO), Hospital Clínic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Maurel

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Correspondence to Carlos Conill.

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Marruecos, J., Conill, C., Valduvieco, I. et al. Occipital condyle syndrome secondary to bone metastases from rectal cancer. Clin Transl Oncol 10, 58–60 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-008-0154-4

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