Dhawan Sanjay, Lal Tusharindra, Pandey P N, Saran Ravindra, Singh Anutosh
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Cureus. 2020 Sep 26;12(9):e10662. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10662.
Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor (OFMT) is a rare fibro-osseous neoplasm. We present a case highlighting the occurrence of an intracranial OFMT masquerading as meningioma on imaging in a 46-year-old gentleman. Brain imaging revealed an extra-axial calcified lesion along the left cerebellar convexity appearing hypointense on T1- and T2-weighted MRI sequences with no post-contrast enhancement, suggestive of a meningioma. An intraventricular colloid cyst was also noted. The lesion, which was presumed to be meningioma, and the colloid cyst were resected in two subsequent operative settings. Histopathological examination of the calcified lesion confirmed the findings of an OFMT. This report aims to inform the physician about intracranial OFMT mimicking meningioma on imaging. In addition, since multiple brain tumors are not very common, the surgeon should always have a suspicion should there be any heterogeneous and peculiar radiological and histopathological characteristics.
骨化性纤维黏液样肿瘤(OFMT)是一种罕见的纤维骨性肿瘤。我们报告一例46岁男性病例,该病例影像学表现为颅内OFMT伪装成脑膜瘤。脑部影像学检查显示左侧小脑凸面有一个轴外钙化病变,在T1加权和T2加权MRI序列上呈低信号,无强化,提示为脑膜瘤。还发现了一个脑室内胶样囊肿。在随后的两次手术中,切除了被认为是脑膜瘤的病变和胶样囊肿。对钙化病变的组织病理学检查证实为OFMT。本报告旨在告知医生颅内OFMT在影像学上可模仿脑膜瘤。此外,由于多发性脑肿瘤并不常见,外科医生在遇到任何异质性和特殊的放射学及组织病理学特征时,都应始终保持怀疑。