Korean J Radiol.  2002 Jun;3(2):125-129. 10.3348/kjr.2002.3.2.125.

Clear-Cell Meningioma: CT and MR Imaging Findings in Two Cases Involving the Spinal Canal and Cerebellopontine Angle

• Yu KB
• Lim MK
• Kim HJ
• Suh CH
• Park HC
• Kim EY
• Han HS

• KMID: 754071
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2002.3.2.125

Abstract

Clear-cell meningioma is a rare subtype of meningioma which occurs at a younger age and has a higher recurrence rate than other subtypes. We report two cases of clear-cell meningioma, one in the thoracolumbar spinal canal and the other in the cerebellopontine angle. Though the CT and MR imaging findings were not different from those of ordinary meningioma, after surgical removal the condition recurred repeatedly in the patient with spinal canal involvement.

Keyword

Meninges, neoplasms; Meninges, MR; Meninges, CT; Spinal canal

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Case Report
Cerebellar Neoplasms/*diagnosis/radiography
*Cerebellopontine Angle
Female
Human
Infant
*Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningioma/*diagnosis/radiography
*Spinal Canal
Spinal Neoplasms/*diagnosis/radiography
*Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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