A Surgically Resected Case of Primary Pulmonary Meningioma

The patient was a 56-year-old female without any complaints. An abnormal shadow in the right middle lung field was detected on a routine chest X -ray film. Preoperatively a diagnosis of low grade malignant tumor of epithelial origin was made by Surecut percutaneous needle biopsy. After right middle lobectomy, no tumor was detected in the central nervous system on CT films and any other examinations for more than 2 years. Primary pulmonary meningioma is extremely rare and this is the 9th case reported in literatures.