CYSTIC MENINGIOMA IN CHILDREN - ONE CASE

A case of cystic meningioma in a 9-year old girl is reported. The init ial clinical symptom was focal epilepsy, and this was followed by prog ressive hemiparesis. CT of the brain detected a calcified tumour to wh ich two cysts were attached. The tumour was strongly enhanced by the c ontrast medium. Histology confirmed that the lesion was a meningioma o f the psammous type. A review of the literature showed that this is a rare tumour the pathogenesis of which can be explained in various ways . Nautal's classification into 4 types is the most widely adopted. The diagnosis has been made in only 38 % of the 166 cases published.