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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2021; 16(04): 902-906
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.ajns_255_21
Case Report

Intracranial myopericytoma: A rare benign tumor at an extremely rare location

Ashish Shrivastav
Department of Neurosurgery and Neurointervention, Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
,
Manish Garg
Department of Neurosurgery and Neurointervention, Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
,
Hema Aiyer
1   Department of Anatomic Pathology, Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
,
Gaurav Sharma
1   Department of Anatomic Pathology, Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
,
Prachi Prachi
1   Department of Anatomic Pathology, Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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A 50-year-old female with a history of seizures, headache, nausea, and vomiting. On imaging, parafalcine meningioma with mass effect features was rendered. She underwent right frontal tumor excision and craniotomy. Pathological examination showed a tumor composed of syncytial aggregates of round to plump fusiform cells forming whorls around prominent branching congested vessels. The tumorous cells expressed alpha-smooth muscle actin and heavy chain caldesmon and were negative for epithelial membrane antigen, protein S100, HMB45, CD34, calponin and desmin, thus providing the final diagnosis of intracranial myopericytoma. The rarity of this benign tumor at an extremely location, prompted this study. As preoperative radiological investigations are nonspecific in such cases, hence a detailed and comprehensive pathological examination is mandatory to come to a definitive diagnosis.

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Immunohistochemical - Intracranial myopericytoma - Pathological

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Publication History

Received: 25 June 2021

Accepted: 03 August 2021

Article published online:
16 August 2022

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