Vertebral metastases from intracranial meningioma

Vertebral metastases from intracranial meningioma

Meningioma rarely gives rise to metastases outside the brain and meninges. We report here a case of a patient who was treated for anaplastic brain meningioma with surgery and fractionated radiation therapy without any recurrence until 5 years after the operation, when she developed vertebral metasta...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta radiologica short reports 2014-05, Vol.3 (4), p.2047981613494199
Hauptverfasser: Zaghouani, H, Yahyaoui, S, Chabchoub, I, Mallat, N, Majdoub, S, Amara, H, Bakir, D, Badreddine, S, Kraiem, C
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Zusammenfassung:Meningioma rarely gives rise to metastases outside the brain and meninges. We report here a case of a patient who was treated for anaplastic brain meningioma with surgery and fractionated radiation therapy without any recurrence until 5 years after the operation, when she developed vertebral metastases.
ISSN:2047-9816
2047-9816
DOI:10.1177/2047981613494199