title: Extracranial meningioma and pregnancy: a rare diagnosis.
abstract: We report the first case of pregnancy-related primary cutaneous meningioma of the scalp in a 27-year-old female. Types, differential diagnosis, pregnancy-related growth and treatment of extracranial meningiomas are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasme University Hospital, 808 route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouazzani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Fontaine
authors.forename: J-V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Berthe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome