Primary intraosseous meningioma

• DOI: 10.3171/jns.1995.83.5.0912
• Publication Date: 2009-06-02T17:42:21Z
• Authors: Todd S. Crawford; Bette K. Kleinsch...; Kevin O. Lillehei
• Keywords: Cranioplasty

✓ Primary intraosseous meningioma of the skull is an uncommon lesion often confused preoperatively with a primary bone tumor skull. The case without dural connection or association cranial suture reported that was radiographically diagnosed as Paget's disease and initially treated conservatively. Persistent headache prompted biopsy, yielding benign, heavily ossified, psammomatous meningioma. wide surgical excision acrylic cranioplasty. Subsequent review literature has revealed 35 additional cases purely An analysis these 36 demonstrates mean patient age at diagnosis 45 years 2:1 female preponderance, majority lesions associated sutures. Sixty-four percent were hyperostotic on plain x-ray films; rest osteolytic mixture both. There no relationship to prior trauma. treatment choice resection followed by reconstruction.