TY - JOUR
T1 - Neurosurgical Odyssey: Case of Anaplastic Meningiomatosis
AU - Grasso, Giovanni
AU - Iacopino, Domenico
AU - Giugno, Antonella
AU - Maugeri, Rosario
AU - Graziano, Francesca
AU - Grasso, Giovanni
AU - Iacopino, Domenico Gerardo
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - According to the World Health Organization grading, meningiomas are classified as grade I (benign), grade II (atypical), and grade III (anaplastic). Most of them (81%) are benign, 15% are atypical, and 4% are anaplastic. Metastasis is a rare event in meningiomas, occurring in <1% of cases. In most types of tumors, distant metastasis is an incontrovertible indication of malignancy. This is not so clearly the case with meningiomas, mostly in the multiple localization of these tumors, known as meningiomatosis.Here we would like to share our experience with a unique case of an atypical meningioma, which evolved in an anaplastic multiple meningiomatosis, invading the brain and associated with a subcutaneous metastasis.
AB - According to the World Health Organization grading, meningiomas are classified as grade I (benign), grade II (atypical), and grade III (anaplastic). Most of them (81%) are benign, 15% are atypical, and 4% are anaplastic. Metastasis is a rare event in meningiomas, occurring in <1% of cases. In most types of tumors, distant metastasis is an incontrovertible indication of malignancy. This is not so clearly the case with meningiomas, mostly in the multiple localization of these tumors, known as meningiomatosis.Here we would like to share our experience with a unique case of an atypical meningioma, which evolved in an anaplastic multiple meningiomatosis, invading the brain and associated with a subcutaneous metastasis.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/414232
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85030315316&doi=10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.120&partnerID=40&md5=73bdb129de1eee5026c9ee0fab5d4f8d
M3 - Article
VL - 106
SP - 975
EP - 977
JO - World Neurosurgery
JF - World Neurosurgery
SN - 1878-8750
ER -