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Giant meningioma in a 5-month-old infant

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A case of intracranial meningioma is reported in a 5-month-old infant. To date, 25 cases have been reported in the world literature in children less than 1 year of age. Macrocephaly was the most prominent clinical finding. Skull radiological studies, head CT scans, and cerebral angiography were definitive tools in making the diagnosis. Pathological analysis was conclusive. Complete surgical extirpation was the treatment of choice; the tumor weighed 600 g. The child remains stable 24 months later.

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  1. Agustín Legido

    Present address: Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street & Civic Center Blvd., 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University Clinical Hospital, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain

    M. José López, José L. Olivares, Feliciano Ramos & Agustín Legido

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University Clinical Hospital, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain

    Juan A. Redondo

  3. Department of Pathology, University Clinical Hospital, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain

    Santiago Ramón y Cajal

  4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Clinical Hospital, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain

    Javier Banzo

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López, M.J., Olivares, J.L., Ramos, F. et al. Giant meningioma in a 5-month-old infant. Child's Nerv Syst 4, 112–115 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271392

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