World Journal of Oncology, ISSN 1920-4531 print, 1920-454X online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 3, Number 3, June 2012, pages 127-133

Meningioangiomatosis Without Neurofibromatosis Type 2

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Pre-operative CT showing the involvement of the right orbital roof (A) and the right frontal bone (B) by the lesion.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Pre-operative enhanced MR showing the meningioangiomatosis (red arrows) in the 3-plains projection.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Histologic patterns of meningioangiomatosis: A sclerotic areas (4 × magnification), B trichrome coloration view (10 × magnification), C and D bone metaplasia at 4 × and 10 × magnification respectively.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Post-operative CT (A) and skull x-plain film (B) showing the craniotomy and bony reconstruction.
Figure 5.
Figure 5. Six months post-operative enhanced MR in the axial (A) and sagittal (B) plain.

Table

Table 1. Reviewing of the Literature of Meningioangiomatosis in the Adult Patients
 
AuthorsCasesAge (years)/sexLocalizationNF2Symptoms
Halper 1986226/mleft temporalnoseizures
70/mleft parieto-occipitalnoseizures
Kunishio 1987139/mright parietalnoseizures
Sakaki 1987130/fright temporalnoseizures
Huson 1988143/mright frontalnodrowsiness
Kuzniecky 1988124/mright temporalnoseizures
Matias-Guiu 1988142/mright parietalnoseizures
Liu 1989125/fleft frontalnoseizures
Whiting 1990118/fright temporalnoseizures
Aizpuru 1991121/mright temporalno-
Prayson 1995132/fleft frontalnoseizures
Tacconi 1997160/mright parietalnoseizures
Chakrabarty 1999122/mleft frontalnoseizures
Giangaspero 1999128/mleft temporalno-
Park 1999247/fleft fronto-parietalnoheadache, seizures
53/mleft parietalnoheadache, seizures
Wiebe 1999418/fright occipitalnoseizures
21/mleft temporalnoseizures
36/fright temporalnoseizures
33/fleft temporalnoseizures
Mut 2000120/fright temporalnoseizures
Savargaonkar 2003171/mboth occipitalyesheadache, change in vision
Chen Y 2010134/mright fronto-parietalnoweakness, numbness