Intracranial Fibroxanthoma in an Infant: a Case Report |
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| Authors: | In Hee Chung Young Seok Lee Na-Hye Myong Mee Jeong Lee Sang Koo Lee and Jung Ho Ko |
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| Institution: | 1Department of Radiology, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Choongnam 330-715, Korea.;2Department of Pathology, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Choongnam 330-715, Korea.;3Department of Pediatrics, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Choongnam 330-715, Korea.;4Department of Neurosurgery, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Choongnam 330-715, Korea. |
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| Abstract: | A primary fibroxanthoma of the central nervous system is very rare. We present a case of an infantile fibroxanthoma that arose from the cranial dura mater in a six-month-old girl with US, MRI and PET/CT features that mimicked a meningioma. The tumor appeared as a large, well-circumscribed echogenic mass in the right parieto-occipital area on US. The tumor was seen as isoattenuated to slightly hypoattenuated on pre-contrast CT scan and as hypometabolic on PET/CT. As seen on T2-weighted image, the mass was heterogeneously hyperintense to the gray matter. The mass was isointense on T1-weighted image and homogeneously strongly enhanced on contrast enhanced T1-weighted image. |
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| Keywords: | Fibroxanthoma Infantile brain tumor Meningioma |
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