title: Primary meningeal fibrosarcoma: a particular neuroradiological presentation.
abstract: Primary meningeal fibrosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor of the central nervous system. About seventeen cases have been reported in the literature since 1980. We present the case of a patient whose initial neuroradiological manifestation of primary meningeal fibrosarcoma was an en plaque meningioma. Fifteen months later, he developed a dramatic clinical deterioration and coma. CT scan revealed a large frontal lesion. The mass was completely removed and histological examination was characteristic of meningeal fibrosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Department, CHU, Marseille, France. adonnet@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donnet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Figarella-Branger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grisoli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed