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Meningioma

Case contributed by Naqibullah Foladi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Seizures since last 7 months

Patient Data

Age: 30 years old
Gender: Male
mri

A well defined, extra-axial lesion in the left frontoparietal region with iso-signal intensity comparing to gray matter in T1 weighted images and in T2 weighted images.

Post-contrast avid enhancement is noted and evident dural tail sign.

CSF fluid noted surrounding the lesion, a CSF cleft sign.

Peripheral mild edema is noted.

Case Discussion

The features are compatible with a benign lesion, almost certainly a convexity meningioma.

 

This case is contributed by Dr. Naqibullah Foladi, and Dr. Najibullah Rasouly.

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