title: Case Report: Pulmonary metastases of malignant meningioma.
abstract: Meningioma accounts for approximately one-third of primary central nervous system tumors. Most meningiomas are benign, although up to one third are classified as atypical or malignant. We describe a 63-year Caucasian male presenting with pleural metastases from an intracranial meningioma. Distant metastases from meningiomas are infrequently found in clinical practice and mostly are associated with atypical or malignant meningiomas. There is no standard treatment; however surgical resection of both the primary and metastatic lesions is the safest therapy. The overall prognosis of atypical meningiomas is poor. Our patient died one week after discharge from our hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, 6202 AZ, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basunaid
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, 6202 AZ, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frits M E
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Franssen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, 6202 AZ, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Accord
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, 6202 AZ, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Myrurgia Abdul
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, 6202 AZ, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Shekar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation-Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW (School of oncology), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, 6202 AZ, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Brigitta G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Baumert
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, 6202 AZ, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Olaf E M G
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Schijns