TITLE:
Convulsive Seizures Revealing a Meningioma in Children: A Case Report from the Hospital Center of Soavinandriana
AUTHORS:
Rasoarisoa Eliarivola, Razafindrafara Herilalao Elisabeth, Rabarison Manoahasina Ranaliarinosy, Rakotozanany Patrick Sandra, Ratovondrainy Willy, Randrianjafisamindrakotroka Nantenaina Soa
KEYWORDS:
Child, Frontal Mass, Meningioma, Obesity
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pathology,
Vol.13 No.1,
January
29,
2023
ABSTRACT: Meningiomas in children are rare. They represent only 1% to 3% of all intracranial tumors. It was a case report of a childhood girl meningioma, which is from the rare tumor and presenting by seizures, evolving in an apyretic context. She had no notion of irradiation or particular personal history apart from wearing glasses since the age of 5 years. She weighed 70 kg (BMI = 31). Biological examinations were normal. The brain scan showed a left frontal extra-axial tumor process measuring 76 × 60 × 55 mm. Tumor resection was performed. Macroscopically, the surgical specimen was found to be 8 firm, lobulated, yellowish-white fragments measuring 14 × 11 × 2 cm and weighing 150 g in total. The histological examination showed a proliferation of meningothelial cells, with a tendency to stratify and to roll up on each other in an onion bulb shape, without excess of mitoses and without cortical infiltration, evoking a meningioma. Meningioma in children remains a rare tumor. In our case, seizures were the only revealing signs of this disease. Cerebral computed tomography oriented the diagnosis. Anatomopathological examination was essential for confirmation.