Details
Disease Category
Gender
Age
22 years
Organ System/Discipline
Diagnosis
Meningioangiomatosis
Clinical History
22-year-old woman with 5-year history of seizures. Neuroimaging shows a calcified lesion associated with a cyst in the left parietal lobe.
Case Discussion
Meningioangiomatosis is a very rare, focal, benign lesion of the leptomeninges and underlying brain parenchyma most commonly affecting young adults. The pathogenesis remains unclear and various hypotheses include neoplasm, hamartoma, and vascular malformation. Headache and seizures are common clinical presentations. Microscopically, cortical blood vessels are surrounded by sheaths of well-differentiated meningothelial cells which deposit collagen. Calcification is a common finding.
Image Contributors
Gao, A., Munoz, D.
Cite
Gao, A., Munoz, D. Brain, Meningioangiomatosis. Digital Laboratory Medicine Library, Dept of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto. Published
. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://dev.dlml.cflabs.ca/image/brain-meningioangiomatosis-lmp98418