Radiological manifestations, histological features and surgical outcomes of pulmonary meningothelial proliferation: a case series and rethinking.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer screening with computed tomography (CT) has been adopted worldwide. Consequently, there is an increase of some previously rarely reported lesions, like pleuropulmonary meningothelial proliferation (PMP), which included metastatic pulmonary meningiomas (MPMs), primary pulmonary meningiomas (PPMs) and minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules (MPMNs). To date, the understanding of the clinical management of PMP is limited.

Methods

We retrospectively searched PMP (MPMs, PPMs, and MPMNs) on the medical database (May 2005 to April 2019) of our department, and extracted the demographic and perioperative information. The last follow-up was in May 2019.

Results

A total of 78 patients, including 16 (20.5%) males and 62 (79.5%) females, were enrolled,

SUBMITTER: Lin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481605 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature