Abstract
A 42-year-old female patient with a history of cervicothoracic junction meningioma World Health Organization grade I, resected in early 2011, was admitted to the hospital with intractable headache and lower extremity weakness. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an epidural mass compressing the spinal cord at the prior surgical site, which was interpreted as recurrent meningioma. Following surgical resection, histopathological analysis revealed desmoid fibromatosis (desmoid tumor). In retrospect, dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging performed prior to surgery should have allowed for prospective exclusion of meningioma as the recurrent mass and suggested an alternative diagnosis such as post-traumatic desmoid fibromatosis or the need for biopsy to confirm diagnosis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 697-701 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Radiology Case Reports |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2020 |
Keywords
- Aggressive fibromatosis
- DCE-MRI
- Desmoid fibromatosis
- Desmoid tumor
- Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
- Spinal meningioma
- Spine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging