title: Concurrent adjacent meningioma and astrocytoma: a report of three cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Three patients presenting with an adjacent meningioma and astrocytoma are described. A review of the literature discusses several modes of neuroimaging and the difficulties in diagnosing simultaneous adjacent tumors. Aspects of the pathology and etiology of these tumors are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fabinyi
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kalnins
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Brazenor
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery