Chanideh I, Ghadiri M, Madani S H, Shoghi A, Alaghemand S, Mohammadi Majd T et al . Delayed Surgical Management of a Giant Rhabdomyomatous Meningioma: A Case Report. Iran J Neurosurg 2024; 10 : 11
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1- Clinical Research Development Center, Taleghani and Imam Ali Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
2- Students Research Committee, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
3- Molecular Pathology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah Universitiy of Medical Science, Kermanshah, Iran
4- Clinical Research Development Center, Taleghani and Imam Ali Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran , saied_gharooee@yahoo.com
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Background and Importance: Rhomboid meningioma (RM) is one of the rare and aggressive types of meningioma, typically classified as a central nervous system grade III anaplastic meningioma by WHO. In this report, we present an unusual case of RM.
Case Presentation: The patient was a 67-year-old man, living in Kermanshah City, Iran. He came to a neurosurgery clinic with a chief complaint of a huge and unusual mass on his skull. Following the brain computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging, the diagnosis of meningioma was considered. The patient underwent surgical intervention for the excision of the mass. Immunohistochemical findings demonstrated the diagnosis of RM (WHO grade III).
Conclusion: RM is a rare and aggressive subtype of meningiomas with a high growth rate and poor prognosis. Early diagnosis and treatment especially in invasive ones can prevent many unpleasant and critical complications; although tumor location has a pivotal role in determining treatment strategy.
Article number: 11
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• Meningiomas are the most common primary central nervous system tumors and different subtypes of this disorder have been reported.
• One of the rarest subtypes is rhabdoid meningioma, which is an aggressive and recurrent one. In this report, we present a patient with a large head mass diagnosed as rhabdoid meningioma.
• A similar case with such a large size has never been reported in previous literature.
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Brain Tumors