title: Metastatic atypical meningioma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Westmead Centre, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bittar
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fearnside
mesh_terms: 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