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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 5
| Issue : 1 | Page : 76-78 |
Primary intradiploic meningioma in the pediatric age-group
Mahadevan Sambasivan, Padmanabhan Sanal Kumar, Sambasivan Mahesh
Department of Neurosurgery, Cosmopolitan Hospitals, Murinjapalam, Pattom P.O., Trivandrum, Kerala-695 004, India
Correspondence Address:
Mahadevan Sambasivan
Sivapriya, Tagore Gardens, Kumarapuram, Medical College P.O., Trivandrum, Kerala-695 011
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.66680
The authors report a pediatric patient who presented with a slow-growing swelling on the scalp. Computed tomography (CT) of the head revealed an osteolytic intradiploic lesion of the cranial vault. The lesion was excised in toto, and histopathological examination revealed benign intradiploic meningioma. The possible etiology, clinical findings, CT appearance, differential diagnosis, and treatment strategy are discussed.
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