Intracerebral cystic rhabdoid meningioma

• Published in: Journal of clinical neuroscience Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 1073 - 1074
• Main Authors: Dutta, Debnarayan, Lee, Hsueh Ni, Munshi, Anusheel, Gupta, Tejpal, Kane, Subhada, Sridhar, Epari, Jalali, Rakesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2009
• Subjects: Adult; Brain - pathology; Brain - radiation effects; Brain - surgery; Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis; Brain Neoplasms - pathology; Brain Neoplasms - therapy; Cystic lesion; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Intracerebral meningioma; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Meningioma - diagnosis; Meningioma - pathology; Meningioma - therapy; Neurology; Rhabdoid meningioma; Rhabdoid Tumor - diagnosis; Rhabdoid Tumor - pathology; Rhabdoid Tumor - therapy; Cystic lesion; Rhabdoid meningioma; Intracerebral meningioma
• ISSN: 0967-5868; 1532-2653
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.07.085

Abstract A 36-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a short history of intermittent headaches. An MRI of the brain revealed a left temporal intracerebral cystic lesion with rim enhancement. Histopathology showed a malignant tumour with features of rhabdoid differentiation. Immunohistochemistry revealed that vimentin, epithelial membrane antigen and S-100 were positive, and that glial fibrillary acidic protein and the chromosome deletion 1p/19q were negative. The patient was diagnosed as having an intracerebral cystic rhabdoid meningioma. She was treated with surgery and post-operative radiotherapy. Cystic intracerebral rhabdoid meningiomas are rare. We discuss the clinical picture of this patient with reference to the published literature on this uncommon diagnosis.