POSTTRAUMATIC CUTANEOUS MENINGIOMA OF THE FACE

Authors
WALTER GA RAGLAND RL KNORR JR MALHOTRA R GELBER ND
Citation
Ga. Walter et al., POSTTRAUMATIC CUTANEOUS MENINGIOMA OF THE FACE, American journal of neuroradiology, 15(2), 1994, pp. 393-395
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
15
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
393 - 395
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1994)15:2<393:PCMOTF>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We present the CT and MR features of a posttraumatic cutaneous meningi oma of the face. We postulate that the patient's trauma and associated skull fracture resulted in a trapping of extracranial meningeal tissu e, which many years later gave rise to a secondary facial meningioma.