Metastatic spread of benign intracranial meningioma

J Neurosurg Sci. 1987 Jan-Mar;31(1):23-7.

Abstract

A case of benign meningioma of the superior sagittal sinus is reported, which recurred three times during a period of six years. At the time of the first recurrence the overlying bone was eroded and the tumor grew subcutaneously; the second recurrence was associated with a pulmonary metastatic deposit of extraordinary size. The literature dealing with remote extracranial spread of meningiomas is briefly reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Meningioma / secondary*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed