1 May 2008Case Report
Spinal cystic meningioma presenting as a ring enhancing lesion on MRI
Emmanuel Chatzidakis 1Zacharias Volikas 2Nicolas Condilis 3Savvas Lypiridis 1Moshos Fratzoglou 1Konstantinos Simopoulos 2
Affiliations
Article Info
1 Division of Surgery, University of Thrace
2 Department of Familiar Medicine, General Hospital of Nikaia – Piraeus « Saint Panteleimon»; Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
3 Department of Neurosurgery
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2008, 79(3), 197-198;
Published: 1 May 2008
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Abstract
Spinal meningiomas are much more common in women. The peak age incidence of presentation occurs in the sixth decade. Cystic meningiomas are rare and seem to have a predilection for children. We report a case of cystic spinal meningioma in a young man presenting as a ring enhancing lesion on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This case is unusual because of the atypical features of the tumour, the relatively young age and sex of the patient.
Keywords
- Cystic meningioma
- Cystic tumour
- Spinal meningioma
- MRI
