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Rare Case of Convexity Meningioma Growing into Arachnoid Cyst
David B Schul1, Michael P Meier1, Zsuzsanna Földvari2
1Department of Neurosurgery, Bogenhausen Academic Teaching Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Background:
Meningioma growing into an arachnoid cyst is an extremely rare event. Only 3 cases are reported in the literature. In 2 of them, an operative procedure in or near the arachnoid cyst preceded tumor growth.
Case Description:
We report a case of a patient requiring marsupialization of an arachnoid cyst of the middle cranial fossa. On follow-up, 3 years postoperatively he showed no signs of recurrence or tumor growth. One year later, the fourth year after surgery on the cyst, he presented with large tumor growth into the former cyst's cavity. Pathologic workup after resection revealed an atypical meningioma (World Health Organization grade II).
Conclusions:
We discuss the possible pathogenesis in light of the scarce published literature, as well as the differential diagnosis of this rapidly growing tumor.
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