Meningioangiomatosis in a patient with progressive focal neurological deficit-case report and review of literature

Br J Neurosurg. 2013 Apr;27(2):253-5. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2012.741737. Epub 2012 Nov 20.

Abstract

Meningioangiomatosis (MA) represents a vascular hamartoma accompanied by meningothelial cell proliferation. It generally becomes symptomatic with difficult to control seizures, though in some patients it may be asymptomatic. We present the case of a 41-year-old male patient with a newly developed central distal monoparesis of the left leg. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and further diagnostic characterization via (18)F-Fluoro-Ethyl-Tyrosine positron emission tomography ((18)F-FET-PET) indicated a low-grade glioma. Histopathological diagnosis revealed a meningioangiomatosis. The clinical, radiological and neuropathological findings of this rare constellation are described and discussed with the actual literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiomatosis / complications
  • Angiomatosis / diagnosis*
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glioma / diagnosis
  • Hamartoma / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Leg
  • Male
  • Paralysis / etiology*