ReviewInsights into imaging2019
Dural masses: meningiomas and their mimics.
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- Beyond the Usual Suspects: Atypical Dural-Based Tumors With Rare Histology and Intracranial Extension.Brain tumor research and treatment · 2026Article
- SWI combined with cMRI and CT in the differentiating of intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease from fibrous meningioma.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Meningioma versus dural metastasis: integration of T2*-DSC perfusion-derived percentage signal recovery with conventional and contemporary MRI features and clinical variables.Neuroradiology · 2026Article
- An advanced automated pipeline for brain tumour segmentation on magnetic resonance imaging for gamma knife radiosurgery.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Differentiation of Intracranial Dural Metastases and Meningiomas Using DSC Perfusion MRI and Machine Learning.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Unusual presentations of meningiomas: A case series.SA journal of radiology · 2026Article
- Collaborative Diagnostic Pathways for Unilateral Orbital Disease: A Clinicopathological Series.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Dural manifestation of capillary hemangiomas - a case presentation and systematic review.Brain & spine · 2026Review
- Unilateral Parietal Bone Thickening in a Young Female Donor With a History of a Malignant Brain Neoplasm.Cureus · 2025Article
- Evolving Treatment Paradigms of Meningiomas; a Precision Medicine Perspective.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2025Review
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- Tumor-mimicking sarcoid-like reaction with lymphoid infiltration showing intracranial extension from the left jugular foramen: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Solitary fibrous tumors from A to Z: a pictorial review with radiologic-pathologic correlation.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- A proposed imaging scoring system to differentiate dural-based metastasis from meningioma using MR and CT images.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Multiple meningiomas with varying MRI features and postsurgical outcomes: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- A unique case of primary central nervous system neuroblastoma mimicking as hemangiopericytoma in an adult.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Malignant Meningiomas: From Diagnostics to Treatment.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- MRI findings for the pretreatment diagnosis of small Meckel's cave tumors: comparison of meningiomas and schwannomas.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Meningioma: Molecular Updates from the 2021 World Health Organization Classification of CNS Tumors and Imaging Correlates.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Meningiomas are the most common dural tumour. They are regularly being seen as an incidental finding on brain imaging and treated conservatively. However, there are many other dural masses which mimic their appearances, including primary neoplastic processes, metastases, granulomatous diseases and infection. While some of these are rare, others such as metastases and tuberculosis arise relatively frequently in practice. Although not pathognomonic, key features which increase the probability of a lesion being a meningioma include intralesional calcifications, skull hyperostosis, local dural enhancement and increased perfusion. It is important to have an awareness of these entities as well as their main imaging findings, as they have a wide range of prognoses and differing management strategies. This review outlines several of the most important mimics along with their imaging findings on both standard and advanced techniques with key features which may be used to help differentiate them from meningiomas.
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