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Metastasis of carcinoma of prostate to meningioma

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A carcinoma of the prostate in a 75-year-old patient metastasized to a clinically unknown meningioma. The metastatic deposit produced a sudden enlargement of the meningioma leading to pressure on the brain-stem and consequently causing a rapid fatal course of the disease.

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  1. Abteilung für Pathologie der Medizinischen Hochschule Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ludwig Döring

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The author expresses his thanks to Dr. J. Edelhoff, Chief Surgeon, for permission to use the clinical data.

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Döring, L. Metastasis of carcinoma of prostate to meningioma. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 366, 87–91 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00438681

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