Primary meningeal pheochromocytoma: case report.
OBJECTIVE
Intracranial pheochromocytomas are extremely rare tumors. Reported cases include metastatic tumors without known cases of primary pheochromocytomas.


METHODS
A female patient with a history of a surgically treated adrenal pheochromocytoma presented 23 years later with headache, nausea and blood hypertension. A head CT scan demonstrated a right temporoparietal meningeal heterogeneous lesion with a surrounding hyperdense ring. No other lesions were disclosed.


METHODS
The lesion developed in the inner and outer surface of the dura without brain infiltration and it was totally resected. The patient is free of disease 6 years after brain surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
To our knowledge this is the first reported case of a primary meningeal pheochromocytoma.
Dipartimento di scienze Neurologiche - Neurochirurgia, Rome, Italy.
Sandro
S
Mercuri
Roberto
R
Gazzeri
Marcelo
M
Galarza
Stefano
S
Esposito
Marco
M
Giordano
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome