Cervical spinal meningioma mimicking an arachnoid cyst: A pediatric case report.

Background: Meningiomas are rare tumors in children. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnosis is usually easy, its cystic form can wrongly suggest other diagnoses, such as an epidermoid or arachnoid cyst. We describe an unusual case of cervical cystic meningioma in a child.

Prognostic Factors Influencing Survival Rate of Patients Operated for Prostate-Related Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression (MSCC).

Prostate-related metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) accounts for 50% of all MSCC cases and constitute an oncological emergency. Metastatic spread has a detrimental impact on patient quality of life and the whole management strategy. We sought to identify the prognostic factors influencing the survival rate of patients operated for prostate-related MSCC.

Post-traumatic meningioma: three case reports of this rare condition and a review of the literature.

We present three cases of meningiomas developing at the site of an old head trauma. We then review the literature regarding the controversies on the development of post-traumatic brain tumors and, finally, we emphasize the medico-legal characteristics of post-traumatic meningiomas, particularly with respect to their cell type which is frequently atypical or anaplastic and which have a poor outcome.