Cerebral angiofibroma: case report.
OBJECTIVE
Intracranial fibromatous tumors are very rare lesions, with few reported cases.


METHODS
We report the case of a 34-year-old male patient who experienced seizures resulting from a cystic lesion in the left occipital region, which remained unchanged for 11 years. After the seizures increased in number, magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large cyst with a tumor nodule.


METHODS
A left occipital craniotomy was performed, and the tumor was removed. Pathological studies, including immunohistochemical and ultrastructural analyses, indicated that this neoplasm was composed of fibrous and angiomatous components, and a diagnosis of cerebral angiofibroma was established.


CONCLUSIONS
Cerebral and meningeal fibromas are rare neoplasms that differ from solitary fibrous tumors and fibrous meningiomas. When a number of prominent blood vessels are present in a cerebral or meningeal fibroma, a diagnosis of angiofibroma can be considered. It is possible that some nodular brain tumors that were previously described as meningioangiomatosis could be reclassified as cerebral or meningeal angiofibromas.
Vaquero
J
J
Neuroscience Research Unit of the Mapfre-Medicine Foundation, Puerta de Hierro Clinic Hospital, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain.
Zurita
M
M
Coca
S
S
Pedrosa
M
M
D000328:Adult; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*