An unusual case of a grade I meningioma with perineural spread

TY - JOUR

T1 - An unusual case of a grade I meningioma with perineural spread

AU - Fadelalla, Mohammed

AU - Kanodia, Avinash Kumar

AU - Brunton, John

AU - Singh, Kirit

AU - Torgersen, Antonia

AU - Sammler, Esther

AU - Smith, Colin

AU - Mowle, David

AU - White, Paul

AU - Hossain-Ibrahim, Kismet

N1 - Funding Information: The authors are grateful to the patient described in this report for consenting to discussion and publication of their case history Publisher Copyright: © 2018 The Neurosurgical Foundation.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - A 39-year-old lady with worsening intermittent diplopia and headaches was diagnosed with a WHO Grade I Meningothelial Meningioma with highly unusual perineural spread on imaging, making this the first reported case of this behaviour. Complete surgical resection was deemed too great a risk and the patient remains under observation. The process of perineural spread is not restricted to more aggressive brain tumours.

AB - A 39-year-old lady with worsening intermittent diplopia and headaches was diagnosed with a WHO Grade I Meningothelial Meningioma with highly unusual perineural spread on imaging, making this the first reported case of this behaviour. Complete surgical resection was deemed too great a risk and the patient remains under observation. The process of perineural spread is not restricted to more aggressive brain tumours.

KW - Meningioma

KW - meningothelial meningioma

KW - perineural spread

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85163994650

U2 - 10.1080/02688697.2018.1530730

DO - 10.1080/02688697.2018.1530730

M3 - Article

C2 - 30450991

SN - 0268-8697

VL - 37

SP - 637

EP - 640

JO - British Journal of Neurosurgery

JF - British Journal of Neurosurgery

IS - 4

ER -