title: Seeding metastases of a benign intraventricular meningioma along the surgical track.
abstract: Seeding metastases of a benign intraventricular meningioma along the surgical track is rare. We report a patient with a benign fibroblastic intraventricular meningioma that had spread along the path of previous surgery; the recurrences as well as the primary tumor were benign.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India. amit2mahore@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahore
authors.forename: Aadil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chagla
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003287:Contrast Media; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D011878:Radiotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media