Anatomie und Physiologie: Aktuelle Forschung
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Cranial Intraosseous Meningioma

Hulagu Kaptan, Pinar Karabagli, Sukru Birler, Fatih Kokes and Omur Kasimcan

Intraosseos meningiomas are rare cranial lesions. A case of 50 year-old woman with complaining of subcutaneous mass right forehead and head acne. The mass is axial views of the preoperative CT scans showing hyperostosis of the right temporal bone. The lesion was treated with wide surgical excision and cranioplasty. Histological examination of tumor specimen revealed transitional meningioma invading the skull bone. There were no postoperative complications. Patient was discharged on the third postoperative day. This article reviews the radiographic and clinical findings of patients with primary intraosseous meningiomas.