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Malignant carcinoid tumor metastatic to a meningioma
Author(s) -
Smith Thomas W.,
Schoene William C.,
Wang ShenYe
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19810401)47:7<1872::aid-cncr2820470726>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , metastasis , pathology , carcinoid tumors , metastatic tumor , primary tumor , neoplasm , malignant meningioma , cancer , radiology
Postmortem examination in a patient with a widely disseminated pulmonary carcinoid tumor revealed invasion of a fibroblastic meningioma by metastatic tumor cells. To the authors' knowledge, this case represents the first example of a malignant carcinoid tumor that has metastasized to a primary intracranial neoplasm. The literature concerning metastasis of extracranial to primary intracranial tumors is briefly reviewed.

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