Lung metastasis of a meningioma

Case report of a 35-year-old male patient. 1976: operation for a falx-meningioma. 1981: meningioma recurrence and further intracranial meningiomas.

1976 and 1981 endotheliomatous meningioma: no signs of malignancy. Prior to the 2nd operation in 1981 a lung tumor was diagnosed for the first time. HISTOLOGY of the lung tumor: endotheliomatous meningioma, same histology as in cerebral meningiomas.