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Cystic meningioma: A case report with a literature review.

ABSTRACT: Cystic meningiomas are very rare tumors of the central nervous system. We report the case of a 62-year-old female how presented headaches resistant to usual analgesics with behavior disorders. Cerebral CT scan showed a right frontal extra-axial tumor with firm and cystic component, brain MRI evoked the diagnosis, surgery removed the entire tumor and histological examination confirmed it. A cystic meningioma should not be omitted from the differential diagnosis of brain tumors with a cystic component and which clinical, radiological, histological and therapeutic features are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Lahkim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350377 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cystic meningioma: A case report with a literature review.

Lahkim Mohamed M   Andour Hajar H   Laamrani Fatima Zahrae FZ   Nouali Hassan En HE   Fenni Jamal El JE  

Radiology case reports 20210804 10

Cystic meningiomas are very rare tumors of the central nervous system. We report the case of a 62-year-old female how presented headaches resistant to usual analgesics with behavior disorders. Cerebral CT scan showed a right frontal extra-axial tumor with firm and cystic component, brain MRI evoked the diagnosis, surgery removed the entire tumor and histological examination confirmed it. A cystic meningioma should not be omitted from the differential diagnosis of brain tumors with a cystic compo  ...[more]