Malignant meningioma with extension into the neck

Authors
Soares, D Char, G Crandon, I Shaw, H
Citation
D. Soares et al., Malignant meningioma with extension into the neck, W I MED J, 49(1), 2000, pp. 66-69
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
WEST INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00433144 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
66 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-3144(200003)49:1<66:MMWEIT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
One per cent of all brain tumors and twenty per cent of meningiomas eventua lly develop an extracranial extension. The least common site is the neck. W e report a case of malignant meningioma with extension into the neck of a 3 9-year-old male.