Intracranial meningioma containing metastatic foci.
A case of a woman with carcinoma of the lung who died as the result of an expanding fluid mass over the right cerebral hemisphere is presented. Adjacent to this fluid mass was a small meningioma containing a metastatic focus. This was one of many metastases from the primary bronchiolar carcinoma. Photomicrographs are presented and comments regarding tumor collison are given.
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis