title: Multifocal meningioangiomatosis in a 3-year-old patient.
abstract: Meningioangiomatosis consists of benign hamartomatous lesions of the brain and the leptomeninges, which typically present with seizure. Management is predicated on resection and control of seizures with medication. Lesions are typically solitary. Multifocal meningioangiomatosis is extremely rare, with only 2 cases reported in adults and none in children. The authors report the first case, to their knowledge, of multifocal meningioangiomatosis in a child. This unique case highlights therapeutic challenges associated with these lesions and demonstrates that multifocality is possible in the pediatric population. This finding has implications for diagnosis and follow-up for children afflicted with these tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue,Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jamil
authors.forename: Shakti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramkissoon
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Folkerth
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome