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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...
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2013
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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 |
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author | Gupta, Vinay Gonsalves, Wilson I. Robinson, Steven I. |
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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. |
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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 |
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