Ossified thoracic spinal meningioma in childhood - A case report and review of the literature


Naderi S., Yilmaz M., Canada T., Acar U.

CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, vol.103, no.4, pp.247-249, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Spinal ossified meningiomas are extremely rare. This is a report of a study on a 15-year-old boy with thoracic spinal ossified meningioma. The meningioma was resected totally. Histopathological examination revealed a transitional meningioma (psammomatous + meningothelial). Immunohistochemically, Ki 67 antibody was applied but no positive staining was present. The surgical and pathological aspects of spinal ossified meningiomas were reviewed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.