Malignant melanoma metastatic to a meningioma.
The case presented is that of a 63 year old man with a metastasis to an intracranial meningioma from a malignant melanoma. Although the phenomenon of tumor to tumor metastasis to a meningioma has been previously reported, this is the first case in the literature to date, in which the primary tumor is a malignant melanoma. The criteria for the diagnosis of tumor-to-tumor metastasis and possible reasons for the frequency of metastasis to meningiomas are briefly reviewed.
Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia.
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Wong
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Koszyca
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Blumbergs
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Sandhu
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Halcrow
D000368:Aged; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins