Primary pulmonary meningioma mimicking pulmonary metastasis: A rare case report

Nesrin Gürçay

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.19370

Nesrin Gürçay¹, Ayperi Öztürk², Funda Demirağ¹, Funda İncekara³

¹Department of Pathology, Health Sciences University, Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Interventional Pulmonology, Health Sciences University, Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
³Department of Thoracic Surgery, Health Sciences University, Ankara Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.19370

Primary pulmonary meningiomas are rare and mostly benign tumors. They usually appear as a solid peripheral pulmonary nodule on chest radiography and computed tomography and are frequently diagnosed incidentally. Herein, we report a 55-year-old female case of primary pulmonary meningioma mimicking pulmonary metastasis.

Keywords : Metastasis, primary pulmonary meningioma, solitary pulmonary nodule

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