Cargando…

Metastatic Meningioma Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary

We describe a case of anaplastic meningioma presenting in an extracranial osseous location, initially diagnosed as cancer of unknown primary. Although anaplastic meningioma comprise 3% of all meningiomas, this subtype is more likely to be associated with metastases. The increased degree of dediffere...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gupta, Vinay, Gonsalves, Wilson I., Robinson, Steven I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2013
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3882931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2013.e59
_version_ 1782298397528555520
author Gupta, Vinay
Gonsalves, Wilson I.
Robinson, Steven I.
author_facet Gupta, Vinay
Gonsalves, Wilson I.
Robinson, Steven I.
author_sort Gupta, Vinay
collection PubMed
description We describe a case of anaplastic meningioma presenting in an extracranial osseous location, initially diagnosed as cancer of unknown primary. Although anaplastic meningioma comprise 3% of all meningiomas, this subtype is more likely to be associated with metastases. The increased degree of dedifferentiation in anaplastic meningioma makes diagnosis difficult, especially if characteristic imaging findings of meningioma are not identified. Adequate tissue for diagnostic purposes and appropriate imaging studies may help in establishing a definitive diagnosis.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3882931
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2013
publisher PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-38829312014-01-10 Metastatic Meningioma Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary Gupta, Vinay Gonsalves, Wilson I. Robinson, Steven I. Rare Tumors Case Report We describe a case of anaplastic meningioma presenting in an extracranial osseous location, initially diagnosed as cancer of unknown primary. Although anaplastic meningioma comprise 3% of all meningiomas, this subtype is more likely to be associated with metastases. The increased degree of dedifferentiation in anaplastic meningioma makes diagnosis difficult, especially if characteristic imaging findings of meningioma are not identified. Adequate tissue for diagnostic purposes and appropriate imaging studies may help in establishing a definitive diagnosis. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2013-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3882931/ /pubmed/24416493 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2013.e59 Text en ©Copyright V. Gupta et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Gupta, Vinay
Gonsalves, Wilson I.
Robinson, Steven I.
Metastatic Meningioma Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary
title Metastatic Meningioma Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary
title_full Metastatic Meningioma Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary
title_fullStr Metastatic Meningioma Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic Meningioma Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary
title_short Metastatic Meningioma Presenting as Cancer of Unknown Primary
title_sort metastatic meningioma presenting as cancer of unknown primary
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3882931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2013.e59
work_keys_str_mv AT guptavinay metastaticmeningiomapresentingascancerofunknownprimary
AT gonsalveswilsoni metastaticmeningiomapresentingascancerofunknownprimary
AT robinsonsteveni metastaticmeningiomapresentingascancerofunknownprimary