Thoracic meningioma with ossification: Case report

Author:

Buchanan Daniel1,Martirosyan Nikolay L.1,Yang Wei2,Buchanan Russell I.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Neurosurgery, Allen Hospital, Unitypoint Clinic, Waterloo, Iowa, United States.

2. Department of Pathology, Allen Hospital, Unitypoint Clinic, Waterloo, Iowa, United States.

Abstract

Background: The incidence of spinal meningiomas is 0.33/100000 population, and ossified spinal meningiomas are even less commonly encountered. Case Description: A 64-year-old male presented with a progressive T4-level thoracic myelopathy. MR imaging revealed an intradural extramedullary mass that significantly compressed the spinal cord. The accompanying CT demonstrated hyperdensities within the lesion consistent with punctate calcification vs. ossification (i.e. consistent with histological bone formations within tumor). The patient underwent complete resection of the tumor resulting in a full recovery of neurological function within 6 postoperative weeks. The pathological specimen showed findings consistent with an ossified spinal meningioma. Conclusion: Here, we identified a rare case of an ossified thoracic T4 meningioma occurring in a 64-year-old male.

Publisher

Scientific Scholar

Subject

Clinical Neurology,Surgery

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