Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Jan 2017)

Meningioma with the unique coexistence of secretory and lipomatous components: A case report with immunohistochemical study

  • Purwa R Patil,
  • Bhushan M Warpe,
  • Vijay H Juvekar,
  • Vidya Manohar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_123_16
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. 3
pp. 381 – 384

Abstract

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Meningioma is the most common extra-axial neoplasm which accounts for 30% of all intracranial tumors with a female predilection. These tumors exhibit a broad spectrum of differentiation potency corresponding to different histological subtypes. Meningothelial cells can rarely show separate secretory or lipomatous (metaplastic) transformation. The coexistence of these two different histological subtypes in a single meningeal tumor is extremely rare with only two reported cases. We report an uncommon case of meningioma in a 40-year-old female showing histological admixture of both secretory and lipomatous (metaplastic) meningioma, which to our knowledge is only the third reported case in the world. It highlights the multipotency of phenotypic transformation of primary meningothelial cells. This rare tumor behaves in a fashion similar to benign meningioma of WHO Grade I type.

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