Malignant metastasizing angioblastic meningiomas.
The authors report and discuss the unusual clinical and roentgenographical features of three cases of angioblastic meningioma with extracranial metastases. The primary lesions occurred in the cervical canal, the parasagittal region, and the posterior fossa. Metastases were to lungs, liver, pancreas, and kidneys.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D004388:Dura Mater; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery