title: Metastatic meningioma to the second cervical vertebral body: a case report.
abstract: A rare case of C2 vertebral body metastasis from a parasagittal meningioma is reported. The metastatic lesion was found 13 years after resection of the primary lesion. The primary and the metastatic lesions had a similar and benign histological appearance. Remote metastasis of a meningioma can occur even with a benign histological finding after a variable disease-free period.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koshu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery