• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.159-161
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• 2006

Although meningioma is a common and benign intracranial tumor, meningioma en plaque is a rare tumor, especially in the cranial vault. Meningioma en plaque[MEP] usually occurs in the area of the sphenoid wing, and it causes cosmetic and visual problems, as well as the problems that are due to its mass effect. The authors present here a case of convexity meningioma en plaque that involved the skull and scalp with diffuse hyperostosis as the presenting salient radiological findings, which caused marked intraoperative bleeding.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.463-466
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• 2006

A case of parasagittal meningioma en plaque with a peculiar clinical presentation is reported with a review of the literature. A 72-year-old woman presented with dysphasia and right hemiparesis. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated focal edema of left frontal lobe and a thick sheet-like parasagittal enhancing lesion with extension along the falx cerebri and adjacent sulcal enhancement. Differential diagnosis included idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis, meningeal neurosarcoidosis, metastasis and meningioma en plaque. Cerebral angiography revealed occlusion of the anterior one-third of the superior sagittal sinus as well as a faint tumor blush supplied from the anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery. At surgery, the tumor invading the dura and skull was removed totally but the tumor invaded into the superior sagittal sinus was removed subtotally. The tumor was confirmed to be a transitional meningioma on pathological examination.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.34-36
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• 2008

Meningioma en plaque (MEP) is a rare tumor characterized more by its clinical and biological behavior than its histological appearance. Hyperostosis of the skull is one of the characteristic signs of MEP. This bony change can produce clinical symptoms and signs in MEP by pressing against adjacent structures. The authors report a rare case of an osteolytic MEP extending from the sphenoid wing into the orbital wall, middle fossa, and temporalis muscle.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.205-207
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• 2014

Meningioma is a common primary tumor of central nervous system. However, extracranial extension of the intracranial meningioma is unusual, and mostly accompanied the osteolytic change of the skull. We herein describe an atypical meningioma having extracranial extension with hyperostotic change of the skull. The patient was a 72-year-old woman who presented a large mass in the right frontal scalp and left hemiparesis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scans revealed an intracranial mass, diffuse meningeal thickening, hyperostotic change of the skull with focal extension into the right frontal scalp. She underwent total removal of extracranial tumor, bifrontal craniectomy, and partial removal of intracranial tumor followed by cranioplasty. Tumor pathology was confirmed as atypical meningioma, and she received adjuvant radiotherapy. In this report, we present and discuss a meningioma en plaque of atypical histopathology having an extracranial extension with diffuse intracranial growth and hyperostotic change of the skull.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.220-223
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• 2007

We report a case of dural marginal zone lymphoma which showed the usual radiological findings resembling meningioma. A 59-year-old woman presented with headache. Initial computed tomography and magnetic resonance images showed a frontal convexity meningioma. The patient underwent a craniotomy and subtotal (simpson grade II) resection of tumor was done. Pathological examination confirmed an extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT). The lesion was composed of a lymphoid mass with irregularly shaped follicles surrounded by many monomorphic small lymphocytes and a stained marginal zone for B-cell markers CD20 and CD29a. The natural history of primary CNS lymphoma and MALT type lymphoma are different. B-cell MALT lymphoma can mimic meningioma in its radiological features. Accordingly, MALT lymphoma of the CNS must be considered in the differential diagnosis of meningioma.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권sup1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2001

1) 소뇌교각부 수막종의 빈도는 1.6%, 소뇌교각부 종양의 16%를 차지했고, 14례(82%)가 여성 이었다. 2) 증상은 청신경 장애(12례), 두통(10례), 소뇌장애(9례) 순이었다. 3) 종양은 주로 천막으로 확장 되었고(11례), 병리소견은 16례(94%)에서 양성 이었다. 4) 11례에서 내이도의 후방에, 3례에서 전방에 종양이 위치했고 3례에서는 en-plaque형 수막종 이었다. 5) 수술은 모두 S상 정맥동 후방접근법을 시행하여 14례에서 전적출을 시행하였다. 이중 1례에서 방사선 치료를 시행하였으며, 아전적출을 시행한 3례중 2례에서 방사선 치료를 시행하였다. 6) 제 7 및 8 뇌신경 복합체는 9례에서 종양의 전방에, 4례에서 종양의 후방에 위치했다. 7) 수술후 장기 추적관찰 결과는 16례에서 양호하였으며, 1례에서 사망하였다. 추적검사상 1례에서 재발하였다.