Meningioma in Lateral Cerebellomedullary Cistern without Dural Attachment

Abstract

Intracranial meningiomas without dural attachment are rare and posterior cranial fossa meningiomas without dural attachment are rarer. Such meningiomas are thought to arise from arachnoid cap cells in pial membrane, tela choroidea, or choroid plexus. MRI is the best imaging modality for the diagnosis of meningiomas and typically shows an enhancing, dural based, extra-axial soft tissue mass with a characteristic dural tail. Meningioma without dural attachment should be suspected if the MRI shows a space-occupying lesion having features of a meningioma but without a dural base and dural tail. We report a case of meningioma in the lateral cerebellomedullary cistern without dural attachment.

Keywords

meningioma - lateral medullary cisternal meningioma - meningioma without dural attachment

Financial Disclosure

The authors have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.

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