Meningeal solitary fibrous tumour in a child.
BACKGROUND
Meningeal solitary fibrous tumour is a relatively recent pathological entity that has rarely been described in children. With radiological techniques, it cannot be distinguished from meningiomas, and the diagnosis has to be confirmed histologically.


METHODS
We discuss the possible histogenesis of this tumour and the need for recognizing this lesion as a separate entity. We report the case of a 12-year-old boy who developed a meningeal solitary fibrous tumour; the main clinical symptoms were progressive headaches for a long period and recent transient hemiparesis.


CONCLUSIONS
This child presents an uneventful evolution without additional therapy 3.5 years after surgery.
de Ribaupierre
Sandrine
S
Neurosurgery Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. s_derib@hotmail.com
Meagher-Villemure
Kathleen
K
Agazzi
Siviero
S
Rilliet
Benedict
B
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology*; D018218:Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods