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01-11-2014 | Clinical Study

Metastatic meningiomas: an unusual clinical and pathological diagnosis with highly variable outcome

Authors: Fabien Forest, Sid-Ali Berremila, Cezar Gyenes, Carole Ginguéné, Radwan Kassir, Abdulrazzaq Sulaiman, Basile Pasquier, Jack Porcheron, Michel Péoc’h

Published in: Journal of Neuro-Oncology | Issue 2/2014

Abstract

Metastatic meningioma is a rare situation. We conducted a retrospective study from our databases and identified cases of metastatic meningioma. We report three presentations of patients with medical history of surgical removal of meningioma presenting several years later a liver tumor with bone metastasis or multiple lung tumors. These observations highlight the difficulty of the clinical and pathological diagnosis and the absence of consideration of metastatic state for histologically “benign” but clinically aggressive meningiomas in the current WHO 2007 classification of meningiomas. We also reviewed published cases of metastatic meningiomas since they are clearly distinguished from haemangiopericytoma.

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Title: Metastatic meningiomas: an unusual clinical and pathological diagnosis with highly variable outcome
Authors: Fabien Forest
Sid-Ali Berremila
Cezar Gyenes
Carole Ginguéné
Radwan Kassir
Abdulrazzaq Sulaiman
Basile Pasquier
Jack Porcheron
Michel Péoc’h
Publication date: 01-11-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Neuro-Oncology / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0167-594X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-014-1567-2

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