title: Intracranial meningioma with pulmonary metastases: diagnosis by percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy and electron microscopy.
abstract: The authors report a patient with a history of recurrent intracranial meningiomas in whom two lung nodules developed. A percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy of one nodule demonstrated spindle-form cells; the tumour was specifically diagnosed as metastatic meningioma on the basis of electron microscopic findings.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Weisbrod
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dardick
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local