Metastasizing meningioma.
A very unusual case of metastatic spread of a meningioma is described. The clinical presentation was of extradural spinal cord compression, without evidence of a primary tumor. Computed tomography did not reveal any intracranial meningioma; the histopathology of the extradural spinal tumor was identical with that of two intracranial meningiomas previously excised.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*