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Primary Esophageal Meningioma: First Literature Report.

*National Institute of Cancer, Bogota †University of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia ‡University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA §Bethesda North Hospital, Cincinnati, OH.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology (impact factor: 2.21). 05/2012; DOI:10.1097/MCG.0b013e31825570ba
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT We have described a primary esophageal meningioma (MG) clinical case diagnosed in a 62-year-old woman; also, we review the literature about extracranial MGs. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of an extracranial MG occurring primarily in the esophagus. These are benign neoplasms reported classically in the central nervous system (CNS). The extrancranial MGs have histopathologic and inmunohistochemical features identical to those observed in CNS MGs; thus, the main diagnostic hurdle is to keep it in the differential for lesions occurring outside the CNS.

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Keywords

62-year-old woman
 
central nervous system
 
CNS MGs
 
esophagus
 
extracranial MG
 
extracranial MGs
 
extrancranial MGs
 
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lesions
 
main diagnostic hurdle
 
MG
 
primary esophageal meningioma