Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2018 Dec;51(6):410-414. 10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.6.410.
Primary Pulmonary Chordoid Meningioma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Seoul Hospital, Korea. Hestiahskim@kei.pe.kr
- 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Hanyang University Seoul Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Korea.
- KMID: 2433885
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.6.410
Abstract
- Primary pulmonary meningioma is a rare disease, and chordoid meningioma is an uncommon variant of meningioma in the central nervous system (CNS) with a high recurrence rate. We report a case of primary pulmonary chordoid meningioma that presented as a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN). The SPN was resected by thoracoscopic wedge resection and was revealed to have characteristics of chordoid meningioma. After confirming the absence of a meningioma in the CNS by brain imaging, the nodule was diagnosed as a primary pulmonary chordoid meningioma. The patient remained disease-free after 26 months postoperatively. To our knowledge, this is the third case of primary pulmonary chordoid meningioma to be reported.
