title: Lipomatous metaplasia occurring within meningiomas--two case reports.
abstract: Lipomatous meningiomas have recently been described as rare well defined variants of meningiomas characterized by meningothelial cells which undergo a metaplasia to adipocytes. Presence of intratumoral fat can sometimes cause confusion in preoperative radiological diagnosis. We report two such histologically unusual cases of meningiomas with significant adipose tissue metaplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, I.C.M.R and Neurosurgery, VMMC & Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi. dravninder@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Avninder
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Karam Chand
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008679:Metaplasia; D008875:Middle Aged; D018396:Mucin-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018396:Mucin-1