title: Ectopic meningioma of the paranasal sinuses.
abstract: An 11-year-old boy presented with epistaxis and proptosis. Plain X-ray revealed a bony mass in the nasal cavity. Computed tomography showed a high-density mass which at surgery turned out to be a meningioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Dhingra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gondal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008578:Meninges; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed