Primary extracranial and extraspinal meningiomas are very rare tumours, and primary pulmonary ones are even more uncommon. They present as a solitary pulmonary nodule, and most of them are benign, except for three cases. We describe a primitive atypical pulmonary meningioma first suspected of being metastasis in a patient during follow-up ten years after therapy for breast cancer.
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Case Report
Atypical primary pulmonary meningioma: a report of a case suspected of being a lung metastasis
31 Mar 2014
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- Brain & nervous system
- Lung & pleura
- Sarcomas
