Aneurysms Encased in Meningiomas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Niklas von Spreckelsen; Thomas Liebig; Roland Goldbrunner; Boris Krischek

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1570001

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, Inhaltsverzeichnis

J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2017; 78(01): 99-102
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1570001

Case Report

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Aneurysms Encased in Meningiomas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Niklas von Spreckelsen

¹Department of Neurosurgery, UK Köln, Köln, Germany

,

Thomas Liebig

²Department of Radiology, UK Köln, Köln, Germany

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Roland Goldbrunner

¹Department of Neurosurgery, UK Köln, Köln, Germany

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Boris Krischek

¹Department of Neurosurgery, UK Köln, Köln, Germany

› Institutsangaben

Abstract

The coexistence of aneurysms and meningiomas is rare, and encasement of an aneurysm within a meningioma even more so. We report a case of an optic nerve sheath meningioma encasing an aneurysm of the internal carotid artery and present a brief review of the literature.

Keywords

meningioma - aneurysm - encased

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