title: Spinal accessory nerve meningioma in a paediatric patient: case report.
abstract: Accessory nerve meningiomas are exceedingly rare. We present a case of a nine-year-old patient with neurofibromatosis type 2 who had radiologic evidence of spinal cord compression from an upper cervical/foramen magnum lesion. He was asymptomatic from this lesion, but it progressed in size. The tumor was resected and histologic investigation revealed frequent tight whorls and psammoma bodies consistent with meningioma. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported spinal accessory nerve meningioma in a pediatric patient.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liechty
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Blount
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wellons
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Acakpo-Satchivi
authors.forename: W Jerry
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oakes
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grabb
mesh_terms: D020436:Accessory Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016518:Neurofibromatosis 2 / Q000150:complications; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery