MASSIVE METASTASIZING MENINGIOMA INVOLVING THE SCALP

Abstract

MENINGIOMAS are tumors of the meninges of the brain or spinal cord. There are several types, distinction of which depends primarily on the morphologic features and architecture of the tumor cells. Most writers have expressed the belief that meningiomas almost never metastasize. In this paper is reported a most unusual example of a meningioma which eroded the skull, invaded the scalp and metastasized to the cervical nodes. Although many sources were carefully studied, we were unable to find any case in the literature similar to this one, which is unique in our experience. <h3>REPORT OF A CASE</h3> V. T., a white man aged 72, acquired a swelling in the right frontal portion of his scalp in 1941. The tumor gradually grew until it attained a size approximately that of the head by April 1947. At that time the patient noticed weakness of the left arm and leg, and early in