Dural Metastasis Mimicking Meningioma: An Interesting Case

Hamid, Hamzaini Abdul; Gee, Kwah Yew; Muhammad, Rohaizak; Abd Rahman, Zurin Adnan; Das, Srijit

doi:10.14712/18059694.2016.102

Acta Medica > Archive > 2009, Vol. 52 > Issue 1 > Dural Metastasis Mimicking Meningioma:…

Acta Med. 2009, 52: 19-22

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.102

Dural Metastasis Mimicking Meningioma: An Interesting Case

Hamzaini Abdul Hamid^a, Kwah Yew Gee^a, Rohaizak Muhammad^b, Zurin Adnan Abd Rahman^c, Srijit Das^d

^aNational University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
^bNational University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Breast and Endocrine Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
^cNational University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Neurosurgery Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
^dNational University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Received January 1, 2009
Accepted April 1, 2009

Dural metastasis is a rare entity in clinical practice. We report a case of dural metastasis secondary to thyroid carcinoma, which on both preoperative CT and MRI and at surgery had the typical appearance of a meningioma. Histopathological findings confirmed metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma as a primary site. Although rare, dural metastases can mimic a meningioma. Our experience in this case has led us to consider metastasis as a differential diagnosis even when a meningioma is suspected. We believe that reporting of the case of dural metastasis mimicking a meningioma may help clinicians in future.