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CT-Guided Occipital Condyle Biopsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Metastasis of breast cancer to the occipital condyle presents challenges in histopathologic diagnosis and treatment due to its difficult localization. A few surgical and radiological approaches have been described, with various level of complexity. The case presentation describes a 43-year-old woman with persistent occipital neuralgia, diagnosed with a lytic mass on the left occipital condyle via head magnetic resonance imaging. A computed tomography-guided biopsy confirmed breast carcinoma metastasis without any complication, highlighting the efficacy and safety of the posterior ascending occipital condyle approach for bone biopsies.

Source: Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR

DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788276

Authors: Thibaud Morcet Delattre, Steven Voisin, Valentin Rabeau, Yan Rolland

Institutions: Centre Eugène Marquis, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes

Language: English

Topic: Management of metastatic bone disease

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4407397571