[Clear cell meningioma: recurrent intraspinal tumor in a child].
BACKGROUND
Meningiomas represent 1.5% to 4.3% of cerebral and medullar primary tumors in children.


METHODS
A 9-year-old girl had a history of thoracolumbar scoliosis. An intracanalar and extramedullar tumor was confined to the lumbar region. Resection identified a clear cell meningioma. A symptomatic and tumoral recurrence occurred 5 months later in the same region. After a second resection, the patient received radiotherapy. At 8 months follow-up, no recurrence was documented.


CONCLUSIONS
A stiff and painful scoliosis can be predictive of expansive intracanalar tumor. The recurrent or multifocal evolution of clear cell meningioma show the "aggressive behavior" of this histological type. A preventive radiotherapy could be proposed, depending on the age of the patient and the localization of the tumor.
Unité de neurologie pédiatrique, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France.
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Cancès
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Chaix
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Boetto
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Sévely
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Delisle
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Carrière
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery
Méningiome à cellules claires: tumeur rachidienne récidivante chez un enfant.