Table 1 Characteristics of cases of lung cancer with Garcin syndrome
From: Garcin syndrome caused by sphenoid bone metastasis of lung cancer: a case study
No. | Age (years)/sex | Histology | Cranial nerves affected | Type of metastasis | Author, year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 69/F | Adenocarcinoma | Rt. II, V,·VI Lt. II, III, IV, V, VI | Metastasis to the skull base | Imanishi et al. 1974 [5] |
2 | 52/F | Adenocarcinoma | Rt. X, XI, XII | Metastasis to the skull base | Fujii et al. 2007 [6] |
3 | 60/F | Adenocarcinoma | Rt. VII, VIII | Metastasis to the skull base | Toh et al. 2007 [7] |
4 | 50/M | Adenocarcinoma | Lt. V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII | Cancerous meningitis | Aida et al. 2010 [8] |
5 | 65/F | Non-small cell carcinoma | Rt. III, IV, VII Lt. IX, X | Cancer invasion to the dura mater | Nagashima et al. 2011 [9] |
6 | 61/F | Small cell carcinoma | Lt. IX, XI, XII | Metastasis to the left posterior cranial fossa | Moriyama et al. 2013 [10] |
Present case | 76/F | Pleomorphic carcinoma | Rt. IV, V1, VI | Metastasis to the sphenoid bone |