title: Clear cell meningioma in a child: A case report and review of literature.
abstract: An 11-year-old boy presented with holocranial headache associated with vomiting and heaviness in right paranasal region. On examination, he had left sided upper motor neuron type facial palsy along with a subtle ipsilateral hemiparesis (grade 4/5 Medical Research Council). Magnetic resonance imaging brain revealed a contrast enhancing large well-defined extra-axial mass lesion in right middle cranial fossa with extension into the infratemporal fossa. The mass was excised in two stages. Histopathology was suggestive of clear cell meningioma (CCM). Supratentorial pediatric CCM is a rare entity. The case is discussed along with review of literature on this rare clinico-pathological entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rajan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Kuntal Kanti
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Awadhesh Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Anant
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Rabi Narayan
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Arun Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sushila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Behari
keywords: Brain tumor; clear cell meningioma; meningioma