PATH-38. METASTATIC MENINGIOMA CAUSING CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE. (9th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wallace, Dhiren; Wallace, Gerald; Fenwick, Nichols; Vender, John; Sood, Ambika; Mattox, Samantha; Sharma, Suash
• Is Part Of: Neuro-oncology. Volume 22(2020)Supplement 2
• Page Start: ii172
• Page End: ii172
• Publication Date: 2020-11-09
• Subjects: Brain Neoplasms -- Periodicals; Brain -- Tumors -- Periodicals; Brain -- Cancer -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Cancer -- Periodicals; 616.99481
• DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa215.719
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1522-8517

Abstract

Abstract: Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumor accounting for almost 37% of all CNS tumors. Malignant meningiomas are uncommon, accounting for 0.5% of all meningiomas. Malignant meningioma that is metastatic outside the cranium/skull is even rarer, with only a few case reports. Metastases to the lung and abdomen have been reported and thought to travel via venous drainage. WHO Grading suggest that Grade III meningiomas have the greatest potential to metastasize extra-cranially. We present the case for the 47-year-old Senegalese American man with biopsy proven Grade II meningioma metastatic to his lungs with resultant hypercapnic respiratory failure.