Menal Patricia, García-Tirado Francisco Javier, Embún Raúl, Rivas Juan José
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, 50009 Saragossa, Spain.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Jul;13(1):94-5. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2011.269076. Epub 2011 Apr 12.
Meningiomas are considered to be slow-growing tumors that compress the brain without invading it. The development of metastases is uncommon, with a predilection for the lungs, liver, lymph nodes, and bone. We report the case of a 58-year-old man, diagnosed with a solitary pulmonary nodule in the left lower lobe that was resected through a thoracotomy. The pathology revealed lung metastases of an undiagnosed meningothelial meningioma. The evolution of the patient's case, the second case in the literature of this kind of benign tumor that has developed pleural metastases, was unsatisfactory.
脑膜瘤被认为是生长缓慢的肿瘤，它压迫大脑但不侵犯大脑。转移瘤的发生并不常见，好发于肺、肝、淋巴结和骨骼。我们报告一例58岁男性病例，该患者被诊断为左肺下叶孤立性肺结节，通过开胸手术切除。病理检查显示为未确诊的脑膜内皮型脑膜瘤的肺转移。该患者的病情进展并不理想，此类良性肿瘤发生胸膜转移的病例在文献中属第二例。
