Metastatic meningioma detected in pleural fluid

Meningiomas with both malignant cytologic features and clinical behavior are rare. A 39‐yr‐old man with recurrent meningioma developed a pleural effusion which, on cytologic examination, contained metastatic meningioma. The diagnosis was subsequently confirmed histologically and ultrastructurally. I...

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Published in:Diagnostic cytopathology 1998-06, Vol.18 (6), p.453-457
Main Authors: Safneck, Janice R., Halliday, William C., Quinonez, Guillermo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Biomarkers, Tumor - analysis
Brain Neoplasms - metabolism
Brain Neoplasms - pathology
Brain Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Male
malignant meningioma
malignant pleural effusion
Medical sciences
Meningioma - metabolism
Meningioma - pathology
Meningioma - secondary
Meningioma - surgery
metastatic meningioma
Neurology
Pleural Effusion, Malignant - pathology
pleural metastases
Pleural Neoplasms - metabolism
Pleural Neoplasms - secondary
Pleural Neoplasms - surgery
recurrent meningioma
Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Summary:Meningiomas with both malignant cytologic features and clinical behavior are rare. A 39‐yr‐old man with recurrent meningioma developed a pleural effusion which, on cytologic examination, contained metastatic meningioma. The diagnosis was subsequently confirmed histologically and ultrastructurally. In conclusion, metastatic meningiomas can retain meningotheliomatous cytologic features which may allow a diagnosis to be made of clinically unanticipated tumor spread. Diagn. Cytopathol. 1998;18:453–457. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:8755-1039
1097-0339
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199806)18:6<453::AID-DC14>3.0.CO;2-G