title: Primary intraosseous osteolytic meningioma of the skull: a case report.
abstract: Primary intraosseous meningiomas are uncommon. The osteolytic variants of these tumors are even rarer. When one reviews a bony skull lesion, the differential diagnosis is very wide and includes both malignant and benign diseases. In case of primary skull meningioma, correct diagnosis and total resection of the lesion ensures curative therapy. Presented is a case of osteolytic skull lesion not invading the dura that was proved to be a fibrillary meningioma with regions of syncitial pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran 14197 Iran. dr_sheikhrezaie@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Abdolreza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheikhrezaie
authors.forename: Ali Tayebi
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Meybodi
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashemi
authors.forename: Sajad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shafiee