An Extracranial Invasive Meningioma Mimicking Malignant Bone Tumor – 'Carpet Meningioma'

Autor: Sahil I. Panjvani, Minesh B. Gandhi, Ankur N. Sarvaiya, Bhawana R. Chaudhari, Garima S. Gupta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 7, Iss 6, Pp 1159-1162 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5394.3100
Popis: Meningioma is a common benign intracranial neoplasm. The incidence of an extracranial extension to other sites is rare. Due to the neglected intracranial component, the chances of an under diagnosis or a misdiagnosis of the extracranial component is there, which may adversely affect the management and therefore, the prognosis. Here, we are reporting a case of a 39 years old male patient with a preoperative probable diagnosis of a malignant bone tumour which involved the skull bone, which was made, based on the imaging studies , which was histopathologically found to be an invasive meningioma with an extensive extracranial skull vault involvement and was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. We have proposed a term, “carpet meningioma” for this extracranial invasive meningioma, because it had covered the skull vault like a carpet. The follow up studies after 1 year have revealed no evidence of a recurrence.
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