Benign metastasizing meningioma.
A patient with an asymptomatic intracranial meningioma was found at autopsy to have multiple pulmonary metastases. Both the meningeal and pulmonary tumors were histologically benign. Only five other patients with apparently benign metastasizing meningiomas have been described.
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Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*