title: Primary sinonasal meningioma in a child.
abstract: Meningiomas are common intracranial extra-axial masses. They are rarely encountered in extracranial locations; when they are, the most common head and neck locations are the paranasal sinuses and the temporal bone. Meningiomas in children are very rare, especially in the neonatal period. The clinical presentation and clinical findings are often nonspecific. The diagnosis can be established by imaging and histopathologic examination with immunohistochemistry. We describe a case of primary sinonasal meningioma in a 2-year-old boy whose onset of symptoms had begun during the neonatal period. We discuss the clinical features, imaging results, and histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Dodul
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.forename: Prabir Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sur
authors.forename: Ebnam Murshed
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed