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01-02-2007 | Case Report

An unusual case of cervical clear-cell meningioma in pediatric age

Authors: Murat Vural, Ali Arslantaş, Evrim Çiftçi, Sevilhan Artan, Metin Ant Atasoy

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 2/2007

Abstract

Introduction and background

A 4-year-old girl was admitted with complaints of diplegia, right lower limb monoplegia, and left lower limb monoparesia. Cervical magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intradural-extramedullary tumor at the level of C1–C2. The tumor was resected totally. Histopathologic diagnosis revealed clear-cell meningioma.

Discussion

Intraspinal clear-cell meningioma (ICCM) is a rare aggressive variant of meningioma. There are only 25 cases reported to date, and only 13 of them are in pediatric age group. Of these 25 ICCM cases, only two are at cervical region. This report is the first ICCM case at upper cervical region (C1–C2) in both adult and pediatric age populations.

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Title: An unusual case of cervical clear-cell meningioma in pediatric age
Authors: Murat Vural
Ali Arslantaş
Evrim Çiftçi
Sevilhan Artan
Metin Ant Atasoy
Publication date: 01-02-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0181-9

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An unusual case of cervical clear-cell meningioma in pediatric age

Abstract

Introduction and background

Discussion

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Introduction and background

Discussion

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