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Visual Aura Secondary to Supratentorial Lipomatous Meningioma: A Rare Case Report
Background/Aim: Lipomatous meningioma is a rare type of meningioma that is formed as the result of an accumulation of lipids inside the cell due to metabolic activity dysregulation. It differs from other types of meningiomas in its radiological and immunohistochemical characteristics. We report a ra...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870782/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35204456 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12020365 |
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author | Lapolla, Pierfrancesco Bruzzaniti, Placido Zancana, Giuseppa Stoppacciaro, Antonella Relucenti, Michela Chen, Rui Li, Xiaobo Mingoli, Andrea Frati, Alessandro Familiari, Pietro |
author_facet | Lapolla, Pierfrancesco Bruzzaniti, Placido Zancana, Giuseppa Stoppacciaro, Antonella Relucenti, Michela Chen, Rui Li, Xiaobo Mingoli, Andrea Frati, Alessandro Familiari, Pietro |
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description | Background/Aim: Lipomatous meningioma is a rare type of meningioma that is formed as the result of an accumulation of lipids inside the cell due to metabolic activity dysregulation. It differs from other types of meningiomas in its radiological and immunohistochemical characteristics. We report a rare case of a patient treated in our department for this particular type of meningioma who developed a type of migraine with the aura component as the first clinical symptom. Case Report: A 55-year-old woman presented with a migraine and reported having phosphenes in recent years. Head Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans were performed; these showed an extensive hypodense and hypointense formation located in the left parieto-occipital region. This formation was implanted in the tentorium region, with a prevailingly adipose-type signal intensity. The patient underwent an occipital craniotomy with the total removal of the lesion. The histological examination indicated a lipomatous metaplastic meningioma. Conclusion: We reported the first case of a lipomatous meningioma presenting with a migraine with a visual aura. Seizures and headaches can be included as possible symptoms. According to the current literature, lipomatous meningiomas affect women more commonly than men. The patient of our reported case presented visual disturbances in the form of a visual aura, which occurred 10 years before finding the meningioma, and surgery dramatically improved the symptoms and quality of life. |
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spelling | pubmed-88707822022-02-25 Visual Aura Secondary to Supratentorial Lipomatous Meningioma: A Rare Case Report Lapolla, Pierfrancesco Bruzzaniti, Placido Zancana, Giuseppa Stoppacciaro, Antonella Relucenti, Michela Chen, Rui Li, Xiaobo Mingoli, Andrea Frati, Alessandro Familiari, Pietro Diagnostics (Basel) Case Report Background/Aim: Lipomatous meningioma is a rare type of meningioma that is formed as the result of an accumulation of lipids inside the cell due to metabolic activity dysregulation. It differs from other types of meningiomas in its radiological and immunohistochemical characteristics. We report a rare case of a patient treated in our department for this particular type of meningioma who developed a type of migraine with the aura component as the first clinical symptom. Case Report: A 55-year-old woman presented with a migraine and reported having phosphenes in recent years. Head Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans were performed; these showed an extensive hypodense and hypointense formation located in the left parieto-occipital region. This formation was implanted in the tentorium region, with a prevailingly adipose-type signal intensity. The patient underwent an occipital craniotomy with the total removal of the lesion. The histological examination indicated a lipomatous metaplastic meningioma. Conclusion: We reported the first case of a lipomatous meningioma presenting with a migraine with a visual aura. Seizures and headaches can be included as possible symptoms. According to the current literature, lipomatous meningiomas affect women more commonly than men. The patient of our reported case presented visual disturbances in the form of a visual aura, which occurred 10 years before finding the meningioma, and surgery dramatically improved the symptoms and quality of life. MDPI 2022-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8870782/ /pubmed/35204456 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12020365 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Lapolla, Pierfrancesco Bruzzaniti, Placido Zancana, Giuseppa Stoppacciaro, Antonella Relucenti, Michela Chen, Rui Li, Xiaobo Mingoli, Andrea Frati, Alessandro Familiari, Pietro Visual Aura Secondary to Supratentorial Lipomatous Meningioma: A Rare Case Report |
title | Visual Aura Secondary to Supratentorial Lipomatous Meningioma: A Rare Case Report |
title_full | Visual Aura Secondary to Supratentorial Lipomatous Meningioma: A Rare Case Report |
title_fullStr | Visual Aura Secondary to Supratentorial Lipomatous Meningioma: A Rare Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Visual Aura Secondary to Supratentorial Lipomatous Meningioma: A Rare Case Report |
title_short | Visual Aura Secondary to Supratentorial Lipomatous Meningioma: A Rare Case Report |
title_sort | visual aura secondary to supratentorial lipomatous meningioma: a rare case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870782/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35204456 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12020365 |
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