A case report of pancreatic metastasis of an intracranial angioblastic meningioma (hemangiopericytoma) and a review of metastatic tumor to the pancreas.
The authors report a case of solitary metastasis to the pancreas from an intracranial angioblastic meningioma (hemangiopericytoma) and discuss secondary (metastatic) tumors of the pancreas. A 65-year-old man developed a pancreatic tumor 15 years after the craniotomy was performed for a parasagittal meningioma. Histological investigation of the pancreatic tumor excised as a biopsy on exploratory laparotomy revealed a tumor identical to the intracranial meningioma. It was concluded that the intracranial angioblastic meningioma had recurred and metastasized to the pancreas.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed