Intraventricular meningioma with drop metastases and subgaleal metastatic nodule.
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.
Darwish
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Department of Neurosurgery, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Munro
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Boet
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Renaut
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Abdelaal
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MacFarlane
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MR
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