title: Extracranial osseous metastases from intracranial meningioma.
abstract: A biopsy of a fifth lumbar vertebral lesion confirmed that an intracranial meningioma had metastasized 12 years after the diagnosis of the primary tumour. A literature review reports 25 cases of extracranial osseous metastases from meningioma. The mechanisms of spread are discussed as is the role of surgery in the seeding of such tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ellison
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery