title: Papillary meningioma with pleural metastasis: case report and literature review.
abstract: Papillary meningiomas are rare meningeal tumors which are associated with a grim prognosis. These tumors usually recur locally and in some cases they metastasize. The clinical, radiological and histopathological features of a case of a papillary meningioma with a pleural metastasis in a 13-year-old boy are presented. The literature on metastasizing papillary meningiomas is reviewed. Up to now, 131 cases of papillary meningioma have been reported in the literature. Only 8 cases gave rise to metastases outside the central nervous system. The preferential site of metastasis appeared to be the lung. This is the first report of a papillary meningioma giving rise to a metastasis in the pleura.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands. kros@path.fgg.eur.nl
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kros
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cella
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paz Y Geuze
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Egeler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*