Primary meningeal pheochromocytoma: case report.

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE

Intracranial pheochromocytomas are extremely rare tumors. Reported cases include metastatic tumors without known cases of primary pheochromocytomas.

CLINICAL PRESENTATION

A female patient with a history of a surgically treated adrenal pheochromocytoma presented 23 years later with headache, nausea and blood hypertension. A head CT scan demonstrated a right temporoparietal meningeal heterogeneous lesion with a surrounding hyperdense ring. No other lesions were disclosed.

INTERVENTION

The lesion developed in the inner and outer surface of the dura without brain infiltration and it was totally resected. The patient is free of disease 6 years after brain surgery.

CONCLUSION

To our knowledge this is the first reported case of a primary meningeal pheochromocytoma.