Two-year survival after multiple bilateral lung metastasectomies for cranial meningioma.
The lung represents a common site of metastases from extrathoracic malignancies, and several studies have strengthened the evidence that complete resection of pulmonary metastases is a useful therapeutic treatment for prolonged survival in selected patients. However, fewer data are available in the literature regarding the role of lung metastasectomy in rare malignancy. We present a case of extensive bilateral lung metastases due to recurrent cranial meningioma, which was successfully treated by aggressive, staged metastasectomies.
D'Aiuto
Massimiliano
M
Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Veronesi
Giulia
G
Pelosi
Giuseppe
G
Presicci
Pietro Fabio
PF
Ferraroli
Giorgio Maria
GM
Gasparri
Robero
R
Spaggiari
Lorenzo
L
D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology*; D017741:Survivors; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome