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Childhood atypical meningioma with perineural spread: MR findings

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Meningiomas are uncommon in children. When they occur, they are frequently associated with neurofibromatosis type 2. Childhood meningiomas are generally large and commonly associated with cyst formation and an unusual location. Perineural tumor spread, occasionally associated with head and neck malignancies, is very rare in meningiomas. We present the MR findings of an atypical meningioma with perineural spread in a 4.5-year-old girl.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, 333, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Feng-Yu Wei, Alex Mun-Ching Wong, Ho-Fai Wong & Shu-Hang Ng

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Chieh-Tsai Wu

  3. Division of Pediatric Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Kuang-Lin Lin

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Wei, FY., Wu, CT., Lin, KL. et al. Childhood atypical meningioma with perineural spread: MR findings. Pediatr Radiol 35, 895–898 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-005-1472-0

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