Open AccessDural lesions mimicking meningiomas: A pictorial essay
Author(s) -
Danai Chourmouzi,
Stamatia Potsi,
Anestis Moumtzouoglou,
Elisavet Papadopoulou,
Konstantinos Drevelegas,
Thomas Zaraboukas,
Antonios Drevelegas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8470
DOI - 10.4329/wjr.v4.i3.75
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangiopericytoma , neurosarcoidosis , meningioma , differential diagnosis , pathology , solitary fibrous tumor , sarcoidosis , pathological , radiology , stem cell , biology , cd34 , genetics
The purpose of this essay was to illustrate the radiological and pathological findings in a wide spectrum of dural lesions mimicking meningiomas. Familiarity with and knowledge of these findings will narrow the differential diagnosis and provide guidance for patient management. In this pictorial review, we describe the following entities: Solitary fibrous tumors, hemangiopericytoma, gliosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, dural metastases, Hodgkin's disease, plasmocytoma, Rosai-Dorfman disease, neurosarcoidosis, melanocytic neoplasms and plasma cell granuloma.