title: Bilateral Meckel's cave amyloidoma: a case report.
abstract: Primary solitary amyloidoma of Meckel's cave is rare, and a bilateral location is even more rare. To the best of our knowledge, only 12 cases in the literature have described such a primary lesion, including one case of bilateral involvement of Meckel's cave. We report here on the case of a 57-year-old woman presenting with pseudotumor masses involving both Meckel's caves and responsible for trigeminal neuropathy. The final diagnosis of amyloidoma was made on the basis of histological examination of surgical biopsy specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Erasme Hospital, 808, Lennik Road, Brussels, Belgium. ngultasli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gültaşli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van den Hauwe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruneau
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: D'Haene
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Delpierre
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balériaux
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020433:Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery