Spinal cartilaginous meningioma in a child: a case report

Cartilage-containing meningiomas are extremely uncommon, and such tumors lo cated in the spinal cord of a child have not previously been reported. We d escribe a case of cartilaginous spinal meningioma in a 13-year-old girl. Th e tumor lacked typical histopathological features of meningioma on light mi croscopic examination, and the final diagnosis was possible only after an e xtensive study by electron microscopic examination. The case is evaluated w ith a focus on differential diagnosis and review of the literature.