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A Rare Presentation of Colon Carcinoma Metastasis Within a Meningioma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Colon carcinoma with brain metastasis is a rare presentation. This presentation is more unusual and unique when the single brain metastatic lesion has two different types of tumors. This rare phenomenon is known as a tumor-to-tumor metastasis. A meningioma usually hosts lung and breast cancers withi...

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Autores principales: Khan, Salman J, Anum, FNU, Vishal, FNU, Lee, Michael, Sheikh, Seemab, Zaidi, Syed Asjad Tauheed, Murtaza, Syeda Fatima, Kumar, Vinod
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10590650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37872930
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45764
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Sumario:Colon carcinoma with brain metastasis is a rare presentation. This presentation is more unusual and unique when the single brain metastatic lesion has two different types of tumors. This rare phenomenon is known as a tumor-to-tumor metastasis. A meningioma usually hosts lung and breast cancers within it. However, colon carcinoma metastasis into meningiomas has rarely been reported. An 86-year-old man presented with neurological symptoms and was found to have a brain mass. The search for primary lesions was negative as the chest, abdomen, and pelvis CT scan was insignificant. When the brain lesion’s pathology revealed a composite mass of adenocarcinoma and a meningioma, further investigation with a colonoscopy revealed a colonic mass as the primary metastasis lesion. This unique presentation and pathology emphasize the importance of a comprehensive investigative approach to finding the primary lesions and consideration of such a phenomenon in these lesions.