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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010;139:e39-e40
© 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Clinical Report

Primary pulmonary meningioma: Ten-year follow-up findings for a multiple case, implying a benign biological nature

^a Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
^b Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Received for publication May 31, 2008; revisions received June 25, 2008; accepted for publication July 6, 2008.

^_* Address for reprints: Yukitoshi Satoh, MD, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, 1-15-1 kitasato, Sagamihara-shi Kanagawa, 228-8555 Japan. (Email: ysatoh@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp).

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	Introduction

 
In 1998 we¹ reported the first case of multiple pulmonary meningioma, an extremely uncommon lung neoplasm. To date, there have been only 30 cases of primary pulmonary meningioma (PPM) reported in the English literature.^1-3 Although the lesions are widely known to be usually benign, slow growing, and to have an excellent prognosis, the etiology is still uncertain. Hence, several mechanisms have been proposed.^1,3,4 We here report the clinical course of the initial case 10 years after surgery with examination by different imaging modalities and additional biopsy findings for a metachronous pulmonary lesion.

	Clinical Summary

 
A 74-year-old Japanese woman with a history of multiple PPM, undergoing surgery for lesions at the age of 64, was followed up by chest computed tomographic (CT) scan and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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