Primary Pulmonary Meningioma: Report of a case and Review of the Literature
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Luca Novelli; Alberto Janni; Camilla E. Comin; Adele Caldarella
- Source
- Tumori Journal. 89:102-105
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Cancer Research
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Neoplasms
Primary Pulmonary Meningioma
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
X ray computed
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Humans
Medicine
Intraspinal Meningioma
030223 otorhinolaryngology
neoplasms
business.industry
General Medicine
Immunohistochemistry
nervous system diseases
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Radiology
Differential diagnosis
Meningioma
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2038-2529
0300-8916
Primary pulmonary meningiomas are rare and their occurrence has been reported only sporadically. The diagnosis of such tumors should be accepted only after the presence of an intracranial or intraspinal meningioma has been excluded. The morphological and immunohistochemical features are similar to those of intracranial meningiomas. A case of primary pulmonary meningioma along with a review of the literature and discussion of other lesions in the differential diagnosis of this rare neoplasm are here presented.