title: Cervical meningioma in childhood. A case report.
abstract: We report on a meningioma of the cervical spine in a 12-year-old boy with atypical clinical presentation. Meningiomas are relatively rare neoplasms in childhood, representing only 1 to 2% of all pediatric intracranial tumors. The distinction between the meningioma and another extramedullary, intradural tumors like schwannoma might pose difficulties. This case report points out that although a very rare tumor in children, it must be taken into account in differential diagnostics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague; Czech Republic - man.van@post.cz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaneckova
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kemlink
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zamecnik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burgetova