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Isolated metastatic localisations at the skull base are very rare. More frequently they can occur concomitantly at multiple sites of involvement. Renal cell carcinoma is by far the most common source. Other primary sites of origin can be breast, lung, skin (melanoma), and testis. Isolated reports of metastasis from various other tumours have also been reported.

Secondary tumours equally affect both genders notwithstanding gender-specific influence. In female patients, breast, gynaecologic, and thyroid tumours are the most frequent primary origins, while in males cancer of the lung, prostate, kidney, and bone in decreasing order are the most common sites [132, 133].