%0 Journal Article %T Glottic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Brain %A Shashikant CU Patne %A Satyajit Pradhan %A Reena Mittal %A Mohan Kumar %A Pranay Tanwar %J Asian Journal of Medical Sciences %P 77-80 %D 2014 %I Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Pokhara %R 10.3126/ajms.v5i1.5205 %X Spread of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) commonly occurs vialocal lymphatic channels. Owing to scanty lymphatic drainage and vascular supply, SCC arising from the glottis rarely metastasizes. A 39-year-old male, operated for SCC of the glottis, presented 13 months later with complaints of headache. Computed tomography revealed a single ring-enhancing lesion in the right temporo-parietal region of the brain, suggestive of brain abscess. However, histopathological examination of the excised brain lesion showed metastasis of moderately differentiated SCC. Here, we report a rarecase of distant hematogenous brain metastasis of SCC of the glottis. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i1.5205 Asian Journal of Medical Science Vol.5(1) 2014 pp.77-80 %K Carcinoma glottis %K brain metastasis %K Squamous cell carcinoma %U http://nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/5205