Brain Pathology Case of the Month - September 2000

Contributed by Helena Gutnik, MD, Zvezdana Dolenc-Strazar, MD and Mara Popovic, MD, PhD
     Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenija
Published on line in September 2000


PATIENT HISTORY:

15-year-old white girl was admitted to neurological department after an attack of seizures. The CT scan and MRI revealed a circumscribed, demarcated lesion in the cortex of the left parietal lobe designated as meningioma by neuroradiologist (Fig. 01). A resection of the lesion was performed.

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