Grade I Meningioma in a cadaver – A case report


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Case Report

Author :

Shashikala Londhe*, Anjali Gosavi, Minakshi Kasegaonkar, Nilesh Bhosle

Volume :

10

Issue :

4

Abstract :

Background: In a routine dissection of anatomy department in Ashwini Rural Medical College and Research Centre Kumbhari, Solapur, Maharashtra. While removing the brain from the cadaveric skull. Case Presentation: Noticed a small tumor of measuring 1.3cm in length, 1.3cm in breadth and 1.2cm in height, situated at the orbital surface of the brain in the gyrus rectus of a male cadaver. In the histological study it was diagnosed as a Meningioma grade I. Conclusion: It was small size encapsulated tumor on inferior aspect of brain. On histological study, it showed meningoepithelial cells in whorl pattern, blood vessels, fibrous tissue Psammoma bodies, which indicate grade I meningioma.  

Keyword :

Cadaver, Brain, Meninges, Tumor, Grades of tumor.