ABSTRACT
Spinal meningiomas are much more common in women. The peak age incidence of presentation occurs in the sixth decade. Cystic meningiomas are rare and seem to have a predilection for children. We report a case of cystic spinal meningioma in a young man presenting as a ring enhancing lesion on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This case is unusual because of the atypical features of the tumour, the relatively young age and sex of the patient.
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Cysts/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meningeal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Meningioma/diagnosis , Adult , Cysts/pathology , Cysts/surgery , Humans , Male , Meningeal Neoplasms/pathology , Meningeal Neoplasms/surgery , Meningioma/pathology , Meningioma/surgery , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
The role of radiation in the induction of central nervous system tumours has repeatedly been documented. Meningiomas induced by low doses of cranial irradiation have been described in many series of cases, but meningiomas induced by high doses of irradiation have still been reported in a limited number of cases. We report the case of a 25-year-old man who presented multiple meningiomas and who had received therapeutic dose of irradiation for a 4th ventricle ependymoma when he was 8 years old.
