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.
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.
Authors: Ali Arslantas; Sevilhan Artan; Ulkü Oner; Ramazan Durmaz; Hamza Müslümanoglu; Metin Ant Atasoy; Nurettin Başaran; Eşref Tel Journal: Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) Date: 2003-01 Impact factor: 1.742
Authors: Ki Bong Yu; Myung Kwan Lim; Hyung Jin Kim; Chang Hae Suh; Hyung Chun Park; Eun Young Kim; Hye Seung Han Journal: Korean J Radiol Date: 2002 Apr-Jun Impact factor: 3.500
Authors: Alfonso Marhx-Bracho; Fernando Rueda-Franco; Abraham Ibarra-de la Torre; Oscar García-González; Leticia Bornstein-Quevedo; Beatriz de León-Bogorge Journal: Childs Nerv Syst Date: 2008-01-23 Impact factor: 1.475