Grade III meningioma with gastro-intestinal tract and brain metastases: case report and review of the literature

Background Meningioma is the most common adult primary intracranial tumor. Malignant meningioma is a rare variant of meningioma. The prognosis for the patients with these tumors is poor, due to the tumor’s capacity for relapse and to develop distant metastases. These tumors can present the same evol...

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Published in:	World journal of surgical oncology Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 70 - 8
Main Authors:	Bender, Laura, Lhermitte, Benoit, Carinato, Hélène, Baloglu, Seyyid, Helali, Mehdi, Cebula, Hélène, Antoni, Delphine, Noel, Georges
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 16.04.2019 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Aged Angiogenesis inhibitors Antibodies Antigens Bevacizumab Brain Brain cancer Brain metastases Brain Neoplasms - secondary Brain Neoplasms - therapy Brain tumors Cancer Cancer metastasis Cancer therapies Carcinoma Care and treatment Case Report Case reports Case studies Causes of Classification Diagnosis Edema Endothelial growth factors Family medical history Gastro-intestinal tract metastases Gastrointestinal cancer Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - secondary Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - therapy Gastrointestinal system Guidelines Humans Hypotheses Immunotherapy Intestine Kinases Literature reviews Male Malignant meningioma Medical prognosis Medicine Medicine & Public Health Melanoma Meningeal Neoplasms - pathology Meningeal Neoplasms - therapy Meningioma Meningioma - pathology Meningioma - therapy Metastases Metastasis Monoclonal antibodies Mutation Neoplasm Grading Nervous system NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Patient outcomes Patients Phenols (Class of compounds) Platelet-derived growth factor Protein-tyrosine kinase Radiation therapy Radiotherapy Recurrence (Disease) Somatostatin Surgery Surgical Oncology Systemic treatment Targeted cancer therapy Tumors Tyrosine Vascular endothelial growth factor Vascular endothelial growth factor receptors France United States > US Systemic treatment Brain metastases Malignant meningioma Gastro-intestinal tract metastases Bevacizumab
ISSN:	1477-7819, 1477-7819
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