Intralabyrinthine meningioma

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Sep;24(8):1642-5.

Abstract

An 18-year-old female patient with unilateral hearing loss underwent evaluation with CT and MR imaging. A partially ossified, enhancing lesion in the bony labyrinth, with replacement of adjacent structures, was identified. Surgical biopsy revealed a meningioma arising primarily within the bony labyrinth. To our knowledge, this entity has not been previously described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Cochlea / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ear Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ear Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ear, Inner / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Labyrinth Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Labyrinth Diseases / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Meningioma / diagnosis*
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Vestibule, Labyrinth / pathology