Metastasis to a spinal meningioma

BACKGROUND: Metastasis of one cancer to another is rare. Here, we report a spinal meningioma that was infiltrated by metastatic deposits from another cancer. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 62-year-old male presented with a progressive spastic paraparesis. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the spine suggested...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bansil, Rohit, Walia, Bipin S., Khan, Zahid, Abrari, Andleeb
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Spine: Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28695049
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_466_16
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Metastasis of one cancer to another is rare. Here, we report a spinal meningioma that was infiltrated by metastatic deposits from another cancer. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 62-year-old male presented with a progressive spastic paraparesis. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the spine suggested a well-defined intradural extramedullary (IDEM) T8 mass in the dorsal spinal canal. When excised, it proved histologically to be a meningothelial meningioma infiltrated by metastatic deposits from an adenocarcinoma. CONCLUSION: Tumor to tumor metastasis rarely occurs, and meningioma, owing to its biological character and increased vascularity, is one of the most common recipients of a metastases from other lesions.

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