Intracanalicular meningioma

South Med J. 2000 Jun;93(6):618-21.

Abstract

Intracanalicular meningiomas are extremely rare and difficult to differentiate from intracanalicular vestibular schwannomas. We report an unusual case of a posterior fossa meningioma in the proximal internal auditory canal that was originally diagnosed as a vestibular schwannoma due to its appearance on magnetic resonance imaging. However, closer inspection of the preoperative neuroimages revealed features inconsistent with vestibular schwannoma that suggested the possibility of other less common lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Meningioma / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurilemmoma / pathology*
  • Vestibular Nerve*
  • Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / pathology*