Open AccessRapid diffuse pleural thickening due to metastatic meningioma
Author(s) -
Kobayashi Fumi,
Saraya Takeshi,
Ohkuma Kosuke,
Fujiwara Masachika,
Takizawa Hajime
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respirology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2051-3380
DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.313
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , radiology , pleural effusion , mesothelioma , pathological , malignant meningioma , malignant pleural effusion , biopsy , pathology
Extracranial metastases from brain meningioma have a low incidence of 0.76% and occur mostly in the lungs, bone, intraspinal, abdominal viscera, mediastinal, and cervical lymph nodes. However, pleural metastasis can occur as an extremely rare complication of brain meningioma regardless of the tumour grading. Here, we report a case with metastatic meningioma to the pleura, which radiologically and pathologically mimicked malignant mesothelioma.