Intraspinal familial clear cell meningioma in a mother and child. Case report

J A Heth; P Kirby; A H Menezes

doi:10.3171/spi.2000.93.2.0317

Intraspinal familial clear cell meningioma in a mother and child. Case report

J Neurosurg. 2000 Oct;93(2 Suppl):317-21. doi: 10.3171/spi.2000.93.2.0317.

Authors

J A Heth¹, P Kirby, A H Menezes

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242, USA.

PMID: 11012068
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2000.93.2.0317

Abstract

The authors present a case of familial clear cell meningioma in which the proband is a child with an intraspinal tumor. The clear cell meningioma variant has recently been studied. The literature regarding clear cell meningioma is reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Child
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningioma / diagnosis
Meningioma / genetics*
Meningioma / pathology
Meningioma / surgery
Pedigree
Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Spinal Neoplasms / genetics*
Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
Spinal Neoplasms / surgery