Vertebral metastases from intracranial meningioma

H Zaghouani; S Yahyaoui; I Chabchoub; N Mallat; S Majdoub; H Amara; D Bakir; S Badreddine; C Kraiem

doi:10.1177/2047981613494199

Vertebral metastases from intracranial meningioma

Acta Radiol Short Rep. 2014 May 10;3(4):2047981613494199. doi: 10.1177/2047981613494199. eCollection 2014 May.

Authors

H Zaghouani¹, S Yahyaoui¹, I Chabchoub², N Mallat¹, S Majdoub¹, H Amara¹, D Bakir¹, S Badreddine³, C Kraiem¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Imaging, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisia.
² Department of Oncology, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisia.
³ Department of Pathology, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisia.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: MR imaging; brain; radiation therapy; spine.

Publication types

Case Reports