Childhood atypical meningioma with perineural spread: MR findings.
Meningiomas are uncommon in children. When they occur, they are frequently associated with neurofibromatosis type 2. Childhood meningiomas are generally large and commonly associated with cyst formation and an unusual location. Perineural tumor spread, occasionally associated with head and neck malignancies, is very rare in meningiomas. We present the MR findings of an atypical meningioma with perineural spread in a 4.5-year-old girl.
Wei
Feng-Yu
FY
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Wu
Chieh-Tsai
CT
Lin
Kuang-Lin
KL
Wong
Alex Mun-Ching
AM
Wong
Ho-Fai
HF
Ng
Shu-Hang
SH
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology