Jha Vikas Chandra, Abhijit Vishal, Jha Neera, Rewatkar Sudhanshu, Sinha Vivek Sharan, Alam Mohammad Shahnawaz
Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2021 Jul;12(3):592-595. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1727409. Epub 2021 May 7.
Giant calcified cavernous hemangioma is uncommon, and calvarial invasion with intracranial extension and dural breach is rare. Radiological resemblance to lesions like meningioma is unreported. Surgical excision of such lesions is technically challenging. A 35-year-old female presented with recurrent generalized tonic-clonic seizures for 2 years. Imaging suggested a highly vascular lesion arising from the skull, mimicking intraosseous meningioma, sarcoma, metastases, and so on. Double concentric craniotomy was done with lifting of bones separately around sinuses with radial cuts of dura to visualize tumor-cortical interface to safeguard neurovascular structures, and complete excision was achieved. Histopathology was suggestive of calcified cavernous hemangioma. The patient was asymptomatic at 1 year of follow-up.Differentiating angiomatous and intraosseous meningioma from calcifying giant hemangioma and other mimicking lesions may be difficult on imaging. Modified double concentric craniotomy, although used uncommonly, can be a useful technique safeguarding the neurovascular structures in its proximity.
巨大钙化性海绵状血管瘤并不常见,累及颅骨并向颅内延伸及突破硬脑膜的情况则更为罕见。与脑膜瘤等病变在影像学上相似的情况尚无报道。手术切除此类病变在技术上具有挑战性。一名35岁女性因反复全身性强直阵挛发作2年就诊。影像学检查提示有一个起源于颅骨的高血管性病变,类似骨内脑膜瘤、肉瘤、转移瘤等。采用双同心开颅术,分别在鼻窦周围将骨瓣掀起,并对硬脑膜进行放射状切开,以观察肿瘤与皮质的界面,保护神经血管结构,最终实现了完整切除。组织病理学检查提示为钙化性海绵状血管瘤。患者在随访1年时无症状。在影像学上,将血管瘤性和骨内脑膜瘤与钙化性巨大血管瘤及其他类似病变区分开来可能较为困难。改良双同心开颅术虽然使用不常见,但可能是一种保护其附近神经血管结构的有用技术。