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Skull Base 2003; 13(1): 051-054
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37553
CASE REPORT

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Recurrent Rhabdoid Meningioma: Case Report

Jeroen C. Jansen1 , Jenny Turner2 , John Sheehy3 , Paul A. Fagan4
  • 1Department of ENT, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Departments of
  • 2Department of Pathology, St. Vincent's Clinic, Darlinghurst, Australia
  • 3Department of Neurosurgery, St. Vincent's Clinic, Darlinghurst, Australia
  • 4Department of Otology/Neuro-Otology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Australia
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Publication Date:
10 March 2003 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Most meningiomas are slow-growing tumors that do not rapidly recur after subtotal removal. After subtotal resection of a meningioma a 47-year-old woman developed a large extracranial recurrence 1 year later. The recurrence was resected successfully. On histological examination the typical characteristics of a meningioma were absent. Based on immunohistological and ultrastructural studies, the tumor was classified as a grade III meningioma of the newly recognized rhabdoid subtype.

These tumors behave aggressively and should be treated accordingly.

KEYWORDS

Meningioma - rhabdoid tumor - skull base - case report

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