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ArticleThe neuroradiology journal2016

Rectal carcinoid tumor metastasis to a skull base meningioma.

Nicholas Bhojwani, Jennifer Huang, Amit Gupta, Chaitra Badve, Mark L Cohen, Leo J Wolansky

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Article in The neuroradiology journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Rectal neuroendocrine tumors: Update.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas BhojwaniDepartment of Radiology, Section of Musculoskeletal and Emergency Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA nbhoj08@gmail.com.
Jennifer HuangDepartment of Radiology, Section of Musculoskeletal and Emergency Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA.
Amit GuptaDepartment of Radiology, Section of Neuroradiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA.
Chaitra BadveDepartment of Radiology, Section of Neuroradiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA.
Mark L CohenDepartment of Pathology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA.
Leo J WolanskyDepartment of Radiology, Section of Neuroradiology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, USA.
University Hospitals Case Medical Center · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carcinoid tumors are rare, slow-growing neuroendocrine tumors that most frequently develop in the gastrointestinal tract or lungs and have high potential for metastasis. Metastasis to the brain is rare, but to another intracranial tumor is extremely rare. Of the intracranial tumors, meningiomas are the most common to host metastases, which may be related to its rich vascularity and E-cadherin expression. We describe the case of a 65-year-old female with active chemotherapy-treated neuroendocrine carcinoma who presented with left-sided facial numbness, headaches, and blurry vision. Initial imaging revealed a 1 cm irregular dural-based left petrous apex mass suggestive of a meningioma that was re-imaged four months later as a rapidly enlarging, extra-axial, mass extending into the cavernous sinus, effacing Meckel's cave that resembled a trigeminal schwannoma. Pathology revealed a carcinoid tumor metastatic to meningioma. While the mass displayed characteristic imaging findings of a schwannoma, rapid growth in the setting of known active malignancy should prompt the clinician to consider mixed pathology from metastatic disease or a more aggressive meningioma.

Indexed as

AgedCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMeningiomaRectal NeoplasmsSkull Base NeoplasmsMeningiomametastasisneuroendocrinerectal cancerschwannoma

Identifiers

PMID26825133
PMCPMC4978345
OpenAlexW2315211148

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