Cystic Lesions Associated with Intracranial Meningiomas

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  • Setti Rengachary
    Departments of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Radiology, and Pathology and Oncology, Kansas University College of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Solomon Batnitzky
    Departments of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Radiology, and Pathology and Oncology, Kansas University College of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
  • John J. Kepes
    Departments of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Radiology, and Pathology and Oncology, Kansas University College of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Robert A. Morantz
    Departments of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Radiology, and Pathology and Oncology, Kansas University College of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Paul O'Boynick
    Departments of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Radiology, and Pathology and Oncology, Kansas University College of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Itaru Watanabe
    Departments of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Radiology, and Pathology and Oncology, Kansas University College of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Three unusual cases of large, peritumoral cystic lesions associated with intracranial meningiomas are reported. In each case, the cyst caused difficulty in the interpretation of the computed tomogram when the latter was considered as a diagnostic test by itself, but the composite information obtained from the clinical history, cerebral angiography, and a radionuclide brain scan led to the correct preoperative diagnosis. The cyst was extrinsic to the tumor and contained xanthochromic fluid with a high protein content. The cyst wall consisted of brain parenchyma that showed glial cell proliferation (confirmed by the presence of glial fibrillary acidic protein by immunoperoxidase staining).</jats:p>

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  • Neurosurgery

    Neurosurgery 4 (2), 107-114, 1979-02-01

    Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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