Recurrent meningioma within pericranial tissues outside a cranioplasty.
A case of meningioma recurring twice in pericranial tissues after complete removal of intracranial mass and overhanging bone is reported. The second recurrence developed outside an acrylic cranioplasty. Previous reports of recurrent meningiomas outside the skull are reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000601:surgery*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery