title: Metastatic meningioma extending into the left atrium through the pulmonary vein.
abstract: Left atrial extension of pulmonary tumors through the pulmonary vein is most often associated with primary malignancies and is rarely associated with metastatic disease. We present the first, to our knowledge, reported case of a patient with a history of intracranial meningioma resections presenting with metastatic meningioma to the right lower lobe with extension into the left atrium through the pulmonary vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York. Electronic address: pyu2@nshs.edu.
authors.forename: Pey-Jen
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hyman
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
authors.forename: Hugh A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Cassiere
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fallon
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
authors.forename: Sheel K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Vatsia
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
authors.forename: Lawrence R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Glassman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology*