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Hong Kong Medical Journal

2019 Aug - Pulmonary metastasis from a World Health Organization grade I intracranial parasagittal meningioma: a case report

CASE REPORT


Pulmonary metastasis from a World Health Organization grade I intracranial parasagittal meningioma: a case report

Hong Kong Med J 2019 Aug;25(4):326-8

Peter YM Woo, MB, BS, FRCS; Remy SL Hung, MB, BS, MRCS; Saori Takemura, MB, ChB; KY Chan, MB, ChB, FRCS; John CK Kwok, MB, ChB, FRCSDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Yaumatei, Hong Kong


...Distant metastasis from a WHO grade I meningioma is a rare phenomenon and can occur more than a decade after the initial diagnosis of the primary tumour. This case demonstrates that, regardless of grading and especially when the patient is young, meningiomas that infiltrate the dural venous sinuses require proactive management...


Link:

https://www.hkmj.org/abstracts/v25n4/326.htm

https://www.hkmj.org/system/files/hkmj177059.pdf

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