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Metastasis of invasive carcinoma of the breast to an extradural meningioma of the cranial vault
Author(s) -
Doron Yaffa,
Gruszkiewicz Jan
Publication year - 1987
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(19870901)60:5<1081::aid-cncr2820600526>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , cranial vault , meningioma , breast carcinoma , metastasis , carcinoma , breast cancer , vault (architecture) , radiology , cancer , surgery , pathology , skull , structural engineering , engineering
A case of metastasizing invasive carcinoma of breast to an expanding extradural frontal meningioma is presented. The peculiar tendency of meningioma to be the host tumor for carcinoma is discussed. The literature pertaining to such rare occurrences is reviewed.