TY - JOUR
T1 - Dural metastasis mimicking meningioma
T2 - an interesting case.
AU - Hamid, Hamzaini Abdul
AU - Gee, Kwah Yew
AU - Muhammad, Rohaizak
AU - Abd Rahman, Zurin Adnan
AU - Das, Srijit
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Dural metastasis is a rare entity in clinical practice. We report a case of dural metastasis secondary to thyroid carcinoma, which on both preoperative CT and MRI and at surgery had the typical appearance of a meningioma. Histopathological findings confirmed metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma as a primary site. Although rare, dural metastases can mimic a meningioma. Our experience in this case has led us to consider metastasis as a differential diagnosis even when a meningioma is suspected. We believe that reporting of the case of dural metastasis mimicking a meningioma may help clinicians in future.
AB - Dural metastasis is a rare entity in clinical practice. We report a case of dural metastasis secondary to thyroid carcinoma, which on both preoperative CT and MRI and at surgery had the typical appearance of a meningioma. Histopathological findings confirmed metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma as a primary site. Although rare, dural metastases can mimic a meningioma. Our experience in this case has led us to consider metastasis as a differential diagnosis even when a meningioma is suspected. We believe that reporting of the case of dural metastasis mimicking a meningioma may help clinicians in future.
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U2 - 10.14712/18059694.2016.102
DO - 10.14712/18059694.2016.102
M3 - Article
C2 - 19754003
AN - SCOPUS:73349104653
SN - 1211-4286
VL - 52
SP - 19
EP - 22
JO - Acta Medica
JF - Acta Medica
IS - 1
ER -