title: Intraparenchymal hemorrhage from dural metastasis of breast cancer mimicking meningioma.
abstract: Intraparenchymal hemorrhage from dural metastasis of breast cancer is rare. A 54-year-old woman without a significant medical history showed altered consciousness and left hemiparesis. Radiological examination revealed an extra-axial mass in the right middle fossa with intraparenchymal hemorrhage and another mass invading the skull in the right parietal region. The pre-operative diagnosis was a sphenoid ridge meningioma presenting with intraparenchymal hemorrhage and another meningioma in the convexity. The tumors and hematoma were removed. Pathological findings of the tumors were compatible with adenocarcinoma. Systemic examination revealed breast cancer with metastasis to the spine. Although the radiological findings were similar to those of meningioma, a differential diagnosis of metastatic brain tumor with intraparenchymal hemorrhage should be taken into consideration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Syunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamide
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamase
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan nomura413jp@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nomura
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Intraparenchymal hemorrhage; adenocarcinoma; breast cancer; dural metastasis