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Intracranial clear-cell meningioma

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Intracranial clear-cell meningioma (CCM) is rarely reported in the literature since it has to be distinguished from other subtypes of meningioma. Most of the CCMs are intraspinal, according to the related literature. We report a case of occipital parietal CCM in a 6-year-old child, review all the 35 intracranial CCMs that have been reported since 1995 to present and discuss their clinical, radiological and histopathologic characteristics.

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    Lu Ma, Wen-ke Liu, Kun Wang, Balkrishna Shrestha & Yue-kang Zhang

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The authors present one case of CCM in a 6-year-old male child. It is interesting to note the location of the tumor and onset of symptoms probably since birth. This was an interesting case report. History may suggest congenital origin of the tumor or its relation with epileptogenicity. The molecular pathways and genetic derangements of CCM are unknown. Nonetheless, this type of tumor is extremely rare, and its differentiation from benign conditions, such as an abscess and arterio venous malformation, is important on radiology. Reporting of a rare case with a review of literature justifies the authors’ publication. Pathologists should be on the lookout for such lesions.

Deepali Jain

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Ma, L., Liu, Wk., Wang, K. et al. Intracranial clear-cell meningioma. Acta Neurochir 151, 373–378 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0236-2

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