The Myth of Prometheus in metastatic meningioma to the liver: from craniotomy to hepatectomy

Vol. 62 No. 2, 2021

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Claudia Florida Costea, Andrei Ionut Cucu, Camelia Margareta Bogdanici, Dragos Viorel Scripcariu, Gabriela Florenta Dumitrescu, Anca Sava, Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc, Daniela Maria Tanase, Mihaela Dana Turliuc, Simona Delia Nicoara, Speranta Schmitzer, Manuela Ciocoiu, Raluca Alina Dragomir, Serban Turliuc

Metastases from intracranial meningiomas are rare, and among them, meningiomas with hepatic dissemination are extremely rare. Therefore, there are currently no guidelines for staging and treatment of metastatic disease in meningioma, a disease that is a challenge for both the clinician and the pathologist. Our literature review revealed 24 cases of liver metastases originating from intracranial meningiomas. We used them to analyze the pathological patterns of dissemination and to assess the different management strategies available, the most efficient and beneficial being surgery and chemotherapy, especially in the case of meningiomas with hepatic and/or systemic dissemination.

Corresponding author: Andrei Ionut Cucu, MD, PhD; e-mail: andreiucucu@yahoo.com; Dragos Viorel Scripcariu, MD, PhD; e-mail: dscripcariu@gmail.com

DOI: 10.47162/RJME.62.2.01 Download PDF
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