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British Journal of Neurosurgery Volume 33, 2019 - Issue 2
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More than meets the MRI: case report of a carcinoid tumour metastasis mimicking a meningioma

Conrad J. Harrisona University of Oxford Medical Sciences Office, Oxford, UK;
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Sean C. Martinb Department of Neurological Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK; ;c Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Monika Hoferd Department of Neuropathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK;
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Rufus Corkille Department of Neuroradiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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D. Sanjeeva Jeyaretnab Department of Neurological Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK;
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Stewart J. Griffithsb Department of Neurological Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK;
Pages 229-230 | Received 08 Feb 2017, Accepted 02 May 2017, Published online: 11 May 2017
 
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Abstract

Cerebral metastases from carcinoid tumours are rarely reported and confer a much poorer prognosis than carcinoid metastases elsewhere in the body. We describe a case of carcinoid brain metastasis closely resembling a meningioma on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and review current treatment options.

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