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Vol. 19. Issue 6.
Pages 562-564 (January 2008)
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Vol. 19. Issue 6.
Pages 562-564 (January 2008)
Extremely delayed renal cell carcinoma metastasis mimicking convexity meningioma
Metástasis muy tardía de carcinoma renal, simulando un meningioma de la convexidad
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Önder Berdan, F. Berdan, G. Bademci
, C. Evliyaoglu
Departments of Neurosurgery and Pathology. Faculty of Medicine. University of Kirikkale. Turkey
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Cerebral extra-axial metastasis mimicking meningioma which satisfy several criteria for a diagnosis of meningioma, but which have proved instead to be metastatic carcinoma and extremely delayed cerebral metastasis from renal cell carcinoma form the focus of the presentation.

68-year-old-woman who had been operated for renal cell carcinoma 20 years previously is presented with new symptoms of intracranial mass. A large extraaxial mass of the convexity which destroyed calvarium and dura was excised with Simpson Grade I removal, revealed metastatic carcinoma.

Imaging characteristics can not always discern between meningioma and metastatic tumours. A meticulous clinical evaluation and histopathological diagnosis is essential in patients with intracranial mass even they resemble both primary and metastatic tumours.

Key words:
Meningioma
Convexity
Renal cell carcinoma
Metastasis
Resumen

Se presenta un caso de metástasis craneal extra-axial, que satisface varios criterios para el diagnóstico de meningioma, en el cual se demostró que se trataba de la metástasis tardía de un carcinoma renal.

Una paciente de 61 años, que había sido operada de un carcinoma renal 20 años antes, se presentó con síntomas de un tumor cerebral. Se extirpó un gran tumor extra-axial de la convexidad, que destruía la bóveda craneal y la duramadre, (Simpson grado I), pero que reveló se trataba de una metástasis.

Las imágenes de estas característica no siempre pueden discernir entre un meningioma y una metástasis. Es esencial realizar una meticulosa valoración clínica y un diagnóstico histopatológico en pacientes con tumores intracraneales, aunque parezcan tumores metastáticos.

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