Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Angiomatous meningioma in the parietal region dura of a 53-year-old man

This case came to me in consultation from an outlying hospital. It was an enhancing, dural-based mass on MRI. The referring pathologist wondered whether it was a supratentorial hemangioblastoma. The ultimate diagnosis, though, was angiomatous meningioma, a World Health Organization (WHO) Grade I tumor. Grade I tumors are generally well circumscribed, slowly progressive, and can often be cured by resection alone. The photomicrograph of the tumor below shows the meningothelial cells interrupted my numerous blood vessels.

1 comment:

Chris said...

Very interesting case. I also saw an interesting dural-based case here in Milwaukee, which I just posted on my blog (http://geniculating.blogspot.com/). Please visit and give feedback if you can! Thanks,
Chris

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