Uncommon and atypical meningiomas and imaging variants: A report of 7 cases.

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Author	Fotakopoulos, George Tsolaki, Vasiliki Aravantinou-Fatorou, Aikaterini Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki Epameinondas Spandidos, Demetrios A. Papalexis, Petros Tarantinos, Kyriakos Trakas, Nikolaos Sklapani, Pagona Mathioudakis, Nikolaos Chlapoutakis, Serafeim Lavdas, Eleftherios
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	Meningiomas constitute the most common extra-axial tumor of the central nervous system and can have a wide-ranging manifestation of imaging. There are several types of unusual depictions depicted with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of meningiomas that have been established thus far. It is thus crucial for the reporting radiologist or neurosurgeon to have an in-depth knowledge of their variable manifestations in order to be able to differentiate these neoplasms from the numerous tumors that can mimic their appearance. Meningioma is frequently challenging to diagnose when imaging variants are present. Nevertheless, a number of unusual histological variants have imaging or clinical features which are related to typical meningiomas and, in numerous cases, these require specific surgical management. The present study describes 7 cases of meningiomas, which were either simple atypical, unusual gigantic extracranial intracranial parasagittal, or not visible meningiomas. These uncommon and atypical imaging variants of meningiomas are described herein in an aim to underline their various potential presentations.
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ISSN	27543242
Volume Number	2
DOI	10.3892/mi.2022.60
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9829240
Issue Number	6
PubMed reference number	36699153
Journal	Medicine International [Med Int (Lond)]
e-ISSN	27541304
Language	English
Publisher	D.A. Spandidos
Publisher Date	2022-11-15
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. Copyright: © Fotakopoulos et al.
Subject Keyword	meningioma extracranial intracranial lesions atypical meningiomas magnetic resonance imaging imaging variants
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine