Spinal cystic meningioma presenting as a ring enhancing lesion on MRI.
Spinal meningiomas are much more common in women. The peak age incidence of presentation occurs in the sixth decade. Cystic meningiomas are rare and seem to have a predilection for children. We report a case of cystic spinal meningioma in a young man presenting as a ring enhancing lesion on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This case is unusual because of the atypical features of the tumour, the relatively young age and sex of the patient.
Chatzidakis
Emmanuel M
EM
Division of Surgery, University of Thrace, Greece. manosdoc@mland.gr
Volikas
Zacharias
Z
Condilis
Nicolas
N
Lypiridis
Savvas
S
Fratzoglou
Moshos
M
Simopoulos
Konstantinos
K
D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome