Case report: a case of primary intracranial parasagittal meningeal angiosarcoma.


Journal

Diagnostic pathology
ISSN: 1746-1596
Titre abrégé: Diagn Pathol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101251558

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
16 Sep 2023
Historique:
received: 07 12 2022
accepted: 03 09 2023
medline: 18 9 2023
pubmed: 17 9 2023
entrez: 16 9 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Angiosarcoma, also known as malignant hemangioendothelioma, is a rare vasogenic malignant tumor, commonly found on the skin of the head and neck, rarely occurring in the intracranial region. As for intracranial meningeal angiosarcoma, only 8 cases have been reported before and there is no clinical study with large sample size. We report here a case of parasagittal meningeal angiosarcoma. A 48-year-old Chinese male patient was admitted to our hospital due to headache accompanied by bilateral lower limb weakness. On admission, CT showed a high-density mass on both sides of the sagittal sinus at the top of the frontal lobe. We performed exploratory surgical resection of the tumor. During the operation, it was found that the tumor originated from the dura mater and extensively invaded the surrounding brain tissue and skull, and the surrounding hemosiderin deposition was observed. Postoperative pathology suggested angiosarcoma. Intracranial meningeal angiosarcoma is difficult to accurately diagnose before surgery, so radiologists and neurosurgeons need to strengthen their understanding of this disease. The presence of extensive superficial hemosiderin deposition during operation may contribute to the diagnosis, and immunohistochemistry is very important for the diagnosis of intracranial angiosarcoma.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Angiosarcoma, also known as malignant hemangioendothelioma, is a rare vasogenic malignant tumor, commonly found on the skin of the head and neck, rarely occurring in the intracranial region. As for intracranial meningeal angiosarcoma, only 8 cases have been reported before and there is no clinical study with large sample size. We report here a case of parasagittal meningeal angiosarcoma.
CASE DESCRIPTION METHODS
A 48-year-old Chinese male patient was admitted to our hospital due to headache accompanied by bilateral lower limb weakness. On admission, CT showed a high-density mass on both sides of the sagittal sinus at the top of the frontal lobe. We performed exploratory surgical resection of the tumor. During the operation, it was found that the tumor originated from the dura mater and extensively invaded the surrounding brain tissue and skull, and the surrounding hemosiderin deposition was observed. Postoperative pathology suggested angiosarcoma.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Intracranial meningeal angiosarcoma is difficult to accurately diagnose before surgery, so radiologists and neurosurgeons need to strengthen their understanding of this disease. The presence of extensive superficial hemosiderin deposition during operation may contribute to the diagnosis, and immunohistochemistry is very important for the diagnosis of intracranial angiosarcoma.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37717004
doi: 10.1186/s13000-023-01389-7
pii: 10.1186/s13000-023-01389-7
pmc: PMC10504741
doi:

Substances chimiques

Hemosiderin 9011-92-1

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

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104

Informations de copyright

© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Jun Cao (J)

Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, 241001, People's Republic of China.

Jincheng Fang (J)

Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, 241001, People's Republic of China.

Xiaochun Jiang (X)

Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, 241001, People's Republic of China. jiangxiaochun2001@hotmail.com.

Guangfu Di (G)

Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, 241001, People's Republic of China.

Jun Shen (J)

Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, 241001, People's Republic of China.

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