Authors

Jayasree Geothe^a, Laly Alex^b, KP Poulose^b.
^aProfessor of Pathology, SMIMS, Kulasekharam, Tamilnadu;
^bSUT Hospital, Trivandrum.

Abstract

A case of meningioma presented as an asymptomatic scalp swelling is reported in this article because of its rare presentation. A 77 yrs old active healthy male incidentally detected to have a scalp swelling in the occipital region. No significant abnormality was detected in the skull X-ray. FNAC suggested meningioma with atypia. CT scan revealed an enhancing extra axial mass infiltrating through occipital bone to reach beneath the skin .The patient succumbed to the disease within 3 months.
Keywords: Intra extra cranial meningioma, Atypical meningioma.

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