Metastatic Prostate Cancer to the Left Temporal Bone: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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MRI scan of the head, 7/9/2014. (a) Axial T1 image shows a large posterior skull base mass. Note the normal bright fatty marrow (short green arrow) compared to darker signal from the mass (long green arrow). (b) Axial T1 image shows the mass (red oval) involving both the jugular foramen and the hypoglossal canal. Note the normal position of the contralateral jugular foramen (short red arrow) and the hypoglossal canal (long red arrow) for reference. (c) Axial T2 image shows involvement of the petrous temporal bone (blue oval) extending into the posterior inferior mastoid air cells, with bright reactive mastoid fluid (blue arrow).

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