Successful treatment of anaplastic meningioma metastatic to cervical lymph nodes

Abstract

Cervical lymph node metastasis of anaplastic meningioma is potentially treatable with surgical resection and IMRT, although further studies with long-term follow-up are necessary.

A case of an anaplastic meningioma metastasizing to the mediastinal lymph nodes

“…30 Intensity-modulated radiotherapy is performed at a limited number of institutions and has been reported to be effective. 31,32 However, the above studies describe cases of anaplastic meningioma arising from the brain, with no reports to date of cases arising from the spinal cord. In general, the tolerance dose for the spinal cord is considered to be 45 to Psammoma bodies (arrow) were scattered in less atypical areas, which had the appearance of a meningioma (A and B, HE staining, 100× and 400× magnification, respectively).…”

Recurrent rhabdoid meningioma with lymph node, pulmonary and bone metastases: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

“…A second patient with cervical metastases was treated with systemic interferon alpha2-b and external beam radiotherapy, but expired 5 months later. Other reports of successful treatment of meningioma metastases to lymph node with adjuvant intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and of pleura-pulmonary metastases with doxorubicin are available in the literature [13,14]. However, Wang et al administered methotrexate, cytarabine, and dexamethasone to a patient with liver metastases from rhabdoid meningioma, with progressive worsening [5].…”

A Grade I Intracranial Meningioma with Metastasis to Multiple Vertebral Bodies: A Case Report and Literature Review

“…The most common sites of extracranial metastases for metastatic meningiomas are lung, liver, lymph nodes, and bone [10]. We identified five cases of metastatic WHO grade I meningiomas in the literature that describe metastases to the lungs [11][12][13], multiple vertebrae, the retroperitoneum, cervical lymph nodes, and the right iliac wing ( Table 1) [12][13][14][15]. Therapy for these rare cases has included a combination of gross total resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.…”