Cystic meningioma in a 10-month-old infant: Case report

K Amano; N Miura; Y Tajika; K Matsumori; O Kubo; N Kobayashi; K Kitamura

doi:10.3171/jns.1980.52.6.0829

Cystic meningioma in a 10-month-old infant: Case report

J Neurosurg. 1980 Jun;52(6):829-33. doi: 10.3171/jns.1980.52.6.0829.

Authors

K Amano, N Miura, Y Tajika, K Matsumori, O Kubo, N Kobayashi, K Kitamura

PMID: 7381541
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1980.52.6.0829

Abstract

The authors report a case of cystic meningioma in a 10-month-old boy diagnosed by metrizamide ventriculography and computerized tomography. Intracranial meningioma in infants under 1 year old is extremely rare. This case is only the 16th case reported in the world literature; the other 15 cases are reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebral Angiography
Cysts / complications
Cysts / diagnostic imaging*
Cysts / pathology
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Meningeal Neoplasms / complications
Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology
Meningioma / complications
Meningioma / diagnostic imaging*
Meningioma / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed