Primary myxoma of the parafalcine meninges. Case report.
The authors report on an unusual case of a primary intracranial myxoma in a 39-year-old woman. The patient presented with headache and generalized seizure. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large right frontal tumor resembling a parasagittal meningioma. A gross-total resection was performed, and histological review confirmed the lesion as a myxoma. Results of additional workup revealed the absence of a primary myxoma elsewhere. This case represents the third published report of a primary intracranial myxoma and the second report of a supratentorial myxoma.
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Ciaran J
CJ
Powers
Catherine C
CC
Pizzi
Thomas J
TJ
Cummings
Allan H
AH
Friedman
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology