Lung metastasis of a meningioma.
Case report of a 35-year-old male patient. 1976: operation for a falx-meningioma. 1981: meningioma recurrence and further intracranial meningiomas.


RESULTS
1976 and 1981 endotheliomatous meningioma: no signs of malignancy. Prior to the 2nd operation in 1981 a lung tumor was diagnosed for the first time. HISTOLOGY of the lung tumor: endotheliomatous meningioma, same histology as in cerebral meningiomas.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic