ASSOCIATION OF BREAST-CARCINOMA AND MENINGIOMA - REPORT OF 9 NEW CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Nine patients with diagnosed breast cancer who developed meningiomas a re reported. Articles suggesting that an association of these two tumo rs is possible. Some authors have noted hormonal sensivity and the pre sence of hormonal receptors in some meningiomas. Since breast cancer i s the most common tumor in women, an association between it and mening iomas might be fortuitous. However, it is important to fully investiga te brain lesions in patients with breast cancer so that potentially cu rable meningiomas are not considered as metastases.