Metastasis of breast carcinoma to intracranial meningioma. Case report and review of the literature.
A case of metastasizing breast carcinoma to an intracranial meningioma is presented. The pathogenesis and principles of diagnosis of this rare occurrence are discussed in light of the data reported from the literature.
Bucciero
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Chair of Neurosurgery, University of Naples, Italy.
del Basso de Caro
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Vizioli
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Carraturo
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Cerillo
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Tedeschi
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G
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed