title: Intraventricular meningioma with drop metastases and subgaleal metastatic nodule.
abstract: We report a case of malignant intraventricular meningioma with CSF drop metastases and an implantation metastatic subgaleal nodule in a 53-year-old woman. Malignant intraventricular meningiomas are rare with only seven cases being reported in the literature. These tumours can be very aggressive and one should consider immediate postoperative radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Darwish
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Renaut
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Abdelaal
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
mesh_terms: D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods