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Huge Atypical Meningioma in a 21-Month-Old Girl: A Case Report

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Meningiomas are the most common intracranial tumors, but it's uncommon in the pediatric and adolescent populations. Pediatric meningiomas differ from adult meningiomas by a higher rate of malignant change, atypical location, male predominance and a higher recurrence rate. The most common presenting symptoms in supratentorial pediatric meningiomas are the signs and symptoms of high intracranial pressure (headache, vomiting, and nausea) and seizures. The most common presenting symptoms in infratentorial pediatric meningiomas are signs of cranial nerve deficits. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain is the gold standard modality for diagnosis. The mainstay of management is surgical resection with the aim of gross total resection, as it is the strongest independent prognostic factor. In this report, we describe an extremely rare case of gradual onset, progressive motor developmental delay in a 21-month-old girl with a huge right frontotemporal meningioma that was treated with surgical resection that, to the best of our knowledge, is the youngest in the literature.

Source: Cureus

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.71962

Authors: Badr E Hafiz, Faisal Sukkar, Fares F Alsayegh, Mosab Abbas, Mohammed Aref

Institutions: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz Hospital, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Meningioma and schwannoma management

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4403582101