Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 46-year-old female complained of cough and dyspnea. A chest X-ray and CT scan showed a solitary subpleural pulmonary nodule in the left upper lobe. Surgical resection was performed. The frozen examination was presumptive of a benign/low grade lesion, likely a carcinoid. Definitive histology revealed uniformly sized eosinophilic cells arranged in solid nests, immunoreactive for epithelial membrane antigen and progesterone receptors. The diagnosis of grade 1 meningothelial meningioma was finally achieved. This case of a meningioma mimicking a carcinoid tumor highlights its rarity and warns diagnostic specialists of the potential for misdiagnosis and overtreatment.
Source: Pathologica
Authors: Federica Pezzuto, Chiara Giraudo, Matteo Baldi, Andrea dell’Amore, Fiorella Calabrese
Institution: University of Padua
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406038606