• World Neurosurg · Nov 2012

    Case Reports

    Tumor-to-tumor metastasis: lung adenocarcinoma metastasizing to vestibular schwannoma suspected on preoperative [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging.

    • Yuta Fukushima, Takahiro Ota, Akitake Mukasa, Hiroshi Uozaki, Kensuke Kawai, and Nobuhito Saito.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
    • World Neurosurg. 2012 Nov 1;78(5):553.e9-553.e13.

    BackgroundTumor-to-tumor metastasis is a rare but well-known phenomenon. Among the more than 100 intracranial tumors reported, meningiomas are the most common type, whereas schwannoma is extremely rare.Case DescriptionWe describe a 75-year-old woman with a lung adenocarcinoma that metastasized to a vestibular schwannoma. Tumor-to-tumor metastasis was indicated by preoperative [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.Conclusions[(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography is effective in the preoperative diagnosis of rapidly growing cerebellopontine angle tumors in patients with a history of malignancy.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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