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Foramen magnum meningioma originating from the dentate ligament
Tae-Young Jung1, Shin Jung, In-Young Kim
1Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital & Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Objective:
The authors report a woman with a foramen magnum meningioma originating from the dentate ligament.
Clinical Description:
A 72 year-old woman developed posterior neck pain and a tingling sensation in the left arm. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a well defined and homogenously enhancing mass at the foramen magnum with no dural attachment. Angiography did not demonstrate a blood supply to the tumour via the posterior meningeal branches of the vertebral artery. The mass was totally removed via a midline suboccipital approach. Intraoperatively, the mass was found to adhere to the dentate ligament without a dural attachment. Histopathology findings were consistent with the diagnosis of meningioma.
Conclusion:
This case is the first report of a meningioma originating from the dentate ligament and the tumour may have originated from the pia-arachnoidal extension of the spinal cord to the dura.
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