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Post-traumatic cutaneous meningioma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Pepijn A. Borggreven ,
Floris H. de Graaf ,
Paul van der Valk  and
C. René Leemans
Pepijn A. Borggreven
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Floris H. de Graaf
Affiliation:
Department of Plastic Surgery, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paul van der Valk
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
C. René Leemans
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Cutaneous meningiomas are extremely rare tumours and their diagnosis is difficult. We describe the case of a patient who developed a paranasal swelling after head trauma and associated fractures in the same region years before. Histopathological examination of an incisional biopsy revealed the diagnosis of cutaneous meningioma. After one and a half years’ follow up, surgical excision was performed because of progressive growth of the tumour and associated aesthetic problems. Extracranial meningiomas can develop probably secondary to trapping of meningeal tissue after trauma. If there is no intracranial connection surgical removal can be considered.

Keywords

MeningiomaFaceOrbital Fractures
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 118 , Issue 3 , March 2004 , pp. 228 - 230
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2004

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