Metastatic atypical meningioma: case report and review of the literature.
Extracranial metastasis of an intracranial meningioma is rare. We discuss the clinical, radiological and histopathological presentation of an elderly man with pulmonary metastases from a recurrent meningioma of atypical histology, and review the literature pertaining to this phenomenon.
Drummond
K J
KJ
Department of Neurosurgery, The Westmead Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Bittar
R G
RG
Fearnside
M R
MR
D000368:Aged; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging