Anaplastic meningioma seeding of the abdominal wall following calvarial bone flap preservation

Abstract

Meningiomas are common intracranial tumors that rarely metastasize. We present a highly unusual case of a 42-year-old man with direct seeding of meningioma to the abdominal wall. The patient had a history of multiple operations for a recurrent intracranial meningioma with decompressive craniectomy and preservation of the calvarial bone flap by implantation into the subcutaneous layer of the anterior abdominal wall. Following removal of the bone flap, a new abdominal wall mass was identified, consistent with iatrogenic implantation of anaplastic meningioma.

Keywords

• Anaplastic meningioma
• Metastatic meningioma
• Calvarial bone flap preservation
• Central nervous system neoplasms