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Neurosurgical Management of Intracranial Metastatic Mesothelioma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Harrison J. Westwick ,
Gerard H. Jansen  and
Vasco F. Da Silva
Harrison J. Westwick
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Gerard H. Jansen
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Vasco F. Da Silva*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Division of Neurosurgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
The Ottawa Hospital, C2 - 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada. Email: [email protected].
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Mesothelioma is a relatively rare tumor arising from the pleura, most notably associated with exposure to asbestos. Typically, mesothelioma is a locally aggressive tumor with a poor outcome in the order of months from the time of diagnosis. Although cases of distant metastases of mesothelioma have been documented in the literature, this tumor has less reported cases of metastases than other malignancies of the chest, and most reported cases of metastases have been identified in autopsy studies, likely related to the short survival times of patients harboring these tumors.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 40 , Issue 6 , November 2013 , pp. 878 - 880
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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