title: Primary cutaneous extravertebral meningioma. Case report.
abstract: A case of cutaneous extravertebral meningioma is presented. It was diagnosed in infancy as a lumbar meningocele. Operation was initially refused but was subsequently demanded for cosmetic reasons. The findings were a very thick corrugated skin and a cutaneous meningioma connected by a fibrous tract to the dura mater. The presence of a fibrous stalk linking the tumor to the dura mater might have been the pathogenetic connection between the meningocele and cutaneous meningioma.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*