title: Solitary fibrous tumor of the tentorium: a case report.
abstract: The authors describe the clinical and pathological features of a solitary     fibrous tumor of the tentorium, a rare location for the tumor in the CNS. A     52-year-old lady presented to the neurosurgical services with headache of four     months and vertigo of one and a half months duration. On examination, she had     left-sided cerebellar signs and bilateral papilloedema. Cranial MR imaging     showed an enhancing tumor based on the left tentorium. Clinical impression was a     meningioma. The patient underwent left suboccipital craniectomy. The tumor was     firm and vascular, extending above the tent through a defect. Total excision was     achieved. The correct diagnosis of solitary fibrous tumor could be made only by     histopathology. Solitary fibrous tumors of the tentorium, though rare, should be     included in the differential diagnosis of dural based masses.
authors: Government Medical College, Department of Neurosurgery, Kerala, India.
authors: Jacob Paul
authors: JP
authors: Alapatt
authors: Kumar A
authors: KA
authors: Ajaya
authors: Aparna
authors: A
authors: Govindan
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Rajeev
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Radhakrishnan
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D054364:Solitary Fibrous Tumors / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology