title: Rare combination of spinal lesions and subcutaneous meningioma in a 44 year old man.
abstract: A 44 year-old man with subcutaneous meningioma and rare combination of spinal lesions, consisting of dermal sinus and lipoma of the filum terminale. The literature concerning the subcutaneous meningioma is reviewed and the embryogenesis of these lesions is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Qasho
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Lo Bianco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: di Stefano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed