title: 16 month-old female with intraventricular mass.
abstract: Pediatric meningiomas are rare and account for about 1.5% of all intracranial tumors. When compared to adults, intraventricular location of childhood meningiomas is four to ten times as high. Atypical pathology of these lesions is very uncommon and indicates an aggressive nature. They are usually associated with Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) or previous cranial irradiation. Here, we present an interesting case of an unusually large, congenital intraventricular meningioma of atypical pathology in a 16 month old child with subsequently diagnosed NF2. A brief review of literature is also presented with this case illustration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.
authors.forename: Muhammad Omar
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Chohan
authors.forename: Tausif
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Medina-Flores
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clericuzio
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heideman
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchand
mesh_terms: D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005260:Female; D016515:Genes, Neurofibromatosis 2; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016518:Neurofibromatosis 2 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery