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Published in: Child's Nervous System 1/2014

01-01-2014 | Case Report

Rhabdoid meningioma: analysis of one case

Authors: Qin Tian, Fucheng Zhang, Liquan Bi, Yanming Wang

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Introduction

Rhabdoid meningioma (RM) is rare, and it occurs mainly in children. We report the clinical and pathological features of rhabdoid meningioma in a 9-year-old child.

Material and methods

A 9-year-old child with RM presented to our hospital with headache that had persisted for 3 days. Magnetic resonance imaging of his brain demonstrated supratentorial lesions of the right temporal petrous bone and cisterna magna cyst. He underwent surgery on January 13, 2010. The pathological diagnosis was rhabdoid meningioma (grade III). The patient underwent radiotherapy with 30 Gy/16 fractions delivered to the recurrent tumor after surgery. The patient died in December as a result of complications of recurrent meningioma.

Conclusion

The accumulated data, including this current case, demonstrate the difficulties in reaching the diagnosis and providing treatment for this disease as a consequence of its low incidence, aggressive nature, and poor treatment options for children with rhabdoid meningioma.
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Metadata
Title
Rhabdoid meningioma: analysis of one case
Authors
Qin Tian
Fucheng Zhang
Liquan Bi
Yanming Wang
Publication date
01-01-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-013-2247-9

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