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Giant meningioma in a 5-month-old infant |
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| Authors: | M. José López José L. Olivares Feliciano Ramos Juan A. Redondo Santiago Ramón y Cajal Javier Banzo Agustín Legido |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pediatrics, University Clinical Hospital, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain;(2) Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinical Hospital, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain;(3) Department of Pathology, University Clinical Hospital, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain;(4) Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Clinical Hospital, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain;(5) Present address: Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street & Civic Center Blvd., 19104 Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Abstract: | A case of intracranial meningioma is reported in a 5-month-old infant. To date, 25 cases have been reported in the world literature in children less than 1 year of age. Macrocephaly was the most prominent clinical finding. Skull radiological studies, head CT scans, and cerebral angiography were definitive tools in making the diagnosis. Pathological analysis was conclusive. Complete surgical extirpation was the treatment of choice; the tumor weighed 600 g. The child remains stable 24 months later. |
| Keywords: | Intracranial meningioma Infants Children Macrocephaly |
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