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. 2020 Nov 13;12(11):e11477. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11477

Table 1. Reported cases of diagnosed World Health Organization (WHO) grade I meningiomas with associated extracranial metastasis.

IMRT: intensity-modulated radiotherapy; EBRT: external beam radiation therapy.

Reference Article Type Age (years)/ Sex Initial Presentation Initial Location WHO grade Metastasis Treatment Outcome
Woo et al., 2019 [11] Case Report 37/F 2-month history of progressive blurred vision and papilledema L frontal lobe, parasagittal I R lower lung lobe Gross total resection, radiotherapy (50.4 Gy) Disease remission
Erman et al., 2005 [12] Case Report 34/F Not specified L frontal lobe, parasagittal I, II, III Both lungs Gross total resection, radiotherapy, chemotherapy   Patient died in Intensive Care Unit as a result of respiratory failure
Lee et al., 2009 [13] Case Report 68/M 2-week history of L sided motor weakness and dysarthria   R lateral ventricle I, II (recurrence) Spine: T5, T10, L1, L3, L4, S1, S2, T7, Retroperitoneum, both lungs   Gross total resection, radiation therapy, Decompressive total laminectomy of T7 and subtotal T6 with removal of the epidural mass   Died several months later
Moubayed et al., 2011 [14] Case Report 58/M Not specified L frontal lobe I, III     Cervical lymph nodes Lymph node excision, 2 radiation treatments, 60 Gy IMRT then 70 Gy IMRT to ipsilateral neck Disease remission
Azene et al., 2016 [15] Case Report 69/F Not specified R frontal lobe, parafalcine I, II R iliac wing Two near total resection, 34 fractions EBRT Not specified