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ReviewActa neurochirurgica. Supplement2023

Spinal Epidural Atypical Meningioma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Rina di Bonaventura, Valerio Mario Caccavella, Kristy Latour, Alessandro Rapisarda, Marco Gessi, Nicola Montano, Massimiliano Visocchi, Alessandro Olivi, Filippo Maria Polli

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Review in Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Rina di BonaventuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Valerio Mario CaccavellaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Kristy LatourDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro RapisardaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Marco GessiInstitute of Pathologic Anatomy, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Nicola MontanoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Massimiliano VisocchiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro OliviDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Filippo Maria PolliDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Universitaria Policlinico Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal atypical meningiomas are rare, and those whose main extension is in the epidural space are anecdotal. Here, we report a case of a young woman presenting with sensory disturbances and a radiological diagnosis of a dorsal epidural sleeve-like mass. The surgical resection of the lesion allowed the decompression of the spinal cord and led to the histopathological diagnosis of atypical meningioma. At the 3-month follow-up, her neurological recovery was complete. Because of the gross total removal of the lesion, adjuvant radiotherapy was not performed: At the 2-year follow-up, no recurrence of disease was detected. A comprehensive literature review was performed, and just two more case reports on epidural atypical meningiomas were found in the English literature. Through this case report and literature review, we described a rare manifestation of spinal meningioma that entered into a differential diagnosis for extradural spinal lesions, such as secondary malignancies.

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Meningeal NeoplasmsMeningiomaSpinal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansSpinal CordAtypical meningiomaEpidural meningiomaSpinal meningioma

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