Primary extracranial meningioma of the lower limb

Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi. 2011 Aug;22(2):114-7.

Abstract

This paper is about a primary extracranial meningioma case of a 40-year-old male patient who presented with a complaint of a rapidly growing painless stiff mass located in his left thigh. The magnetic resonance imaging examination revealed that the lesion was well-circumscribed and with isosignal intensity to muscle on T1-weighted images and with a relatively hiperintense on T2-weighted images. The histopathological analysis of the specimens both from the incisional biopsy and the excisional surgery were typical of meningioma showing spindle cell proliferation with a whirling pattern. Although extracranial meningiomas are very rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a spindle cell neoplasm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Femoral Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Femoral Neoplasms / secondary
  • Femoral Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Meningioma / diagnosis*
  • Meningioma / secondary
  • Meningioma / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / surgery