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Meningioma with rhabdoid features combined with meningioangiomatosis in infancy: a novel combination

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Meningioangiomatosis is a rare histologically distinct abnormality that is occasionally associated with intracranial meningioma. The rhabdoid variant of meningioma is also uncommon and is classified as a World Health Organization Grade III tumour. We report a case of meningioangiomatosis in conjunction with a meningioma with prominent rhabdoid features, in an infant male who underwent complete surgical resection of the lesion. The patient has been followed up for 6 years with no disease recurrence. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature describing meningioangiomatosis combined with a meningioma with rhabdoid features.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    Luke Galloway, Gulam Zilani & Paul Leach

  2. Department of Histopathology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    Alistair Lammie

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Galloway, L., Zilani, G., Lammie, A. et al. Meningioma with rhabdoid features combined with meningioangiomatosis in infancy: a novel combination. Childs Nerv Syst 36, 1311–1314 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-019-04486-5

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