An unusual case of cervical clear-cell meningioma in pediatric age

Vural M., Arslantas A., Ciftci E., Artan S., Atasoy M. A.

CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM, sa.2, ss.225-229, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00381-006-0181-9
  • Dergi Adı: CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.225-229
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: spinal tumor, clear-cell meningioma, pediatric age, SPINAL MENINGIOMAS, VARIANT, MR
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction and background A 4-year-old girl was admitted with complaints of diplegia, right lower limb monoplegia, and left lower limb monoparesia. Cervical magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intradural-extramedullary tumor at the level of C1-C2. The tumor was resected totally. Histopathologic diagnosis revealed clear-cell meningioma. Discussion Intraspinal clear-cell meningioma (ICCM) is a rare aggressive variant of meningioma. There are only 25 cases reported to date, and only 13 of them are in pediatric age group. Of these 25 ICCM cases, only two are at cervical region. This report is the first ICCM case at upper cervical region (C1-C2) in both adult and pediatric age populations.