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Metastatic breast carcinoma mimicking basal skull meningioma
Authors Gregory W Schmidt, Neil R Miller
Published 15 December 2007 Volume 2007:1(3) Pages 343—346
Gregory W Schmidt, Neil R Miller
From the Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract: Two women with breast carcinoma developed clinical evidence of a sphenocavernous syndrome with magnetic resonance (MRI) that suggested a basal skull meningioma but in whom biopsy of the lesion revealed metastatic breast carcinoma. The difficulties in distinguishing between the two lesions on the basis of standard MRI are discussed, as are newer imaging techniques that may reduce or eliminate these problems.
Keywords: meningioma, metastatic carcinoma, MRI, sphenocavernous syndrome, skull base tumor