Diffuse symmetric meningioma en plaque mimicking metabolic disease of bone

Orbit. 2012 Oct;31(5):341-3. doi: 10.3109/01676830.2012.678918. Epub 2012 May 25.

Abstract

A 50-year-old African American woman with right proptosis and decreased vision demonstrated symmetric, bilateral thickening of the sphenoid wings, calvarium, and skull base on computed tomography. Histopathologic evaluation of the hyperostotic lesion was consistent with meningotheliomatous meningioma. The patient underwent uncomplicated right frontal orbital craniectomy with postoperative radiation. The presentation of en plaque meningioma, when diffuse and symmetric, can mimic a metabolic disease of bone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Craniotomy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Meningioma / therapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteitis Deformans / diagnosis
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull / pathology
  • Skull Base / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Base / pathology
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skull Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Sphenoid Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Sphenoid Bone / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed