Lipomatous meningioma: A rare subtype of benign metaplastic meningiomas

Yueksel M. O., GÜRBÜZ M. S., TANRIVERDİ O., Ozmen S.

JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCES IN RURAL PRACTICE, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.140-142, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/0976-3147.193539
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCES IN RURAL PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.140-142
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Differential diagnosis, histopathological diagnosis, lipoblastic meningioma
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Lipomatous meningiomas are extremely rare subtypes of benign meningiomas and are classified as metaplastic meningioma in the World Health Organization classification. We present a 77-year-old man presented with the history of a gradually intensifying headache for the last 3 months. A right frontoparietal mass was detected on his cranial magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was operated on via a right frontoparietal craniotomy, and histopathological diagnosis was lipomatous meningioma. Distinctive characteristics of lipomatous meningiomas were discussed with special emphasis to importance of immunohistochemical examinations, particularly for its differentiation from the tumors showing similar histology though having more aggressive character.