Key result
Surgical excision of an intracranial haemangioendothelioma mimicking a meningioma was successfully completed in a second operation after the first was abandoned due to extreme vascularity.
Case Report (n=1)
Intracranial haemangioendothelioma can mimic a meningioma and present with extreme vascularity complicating initial surgical excision.
May warrant staged resection for vascular meningioma mimics; case report leaves optimal strategies open.
A 33-year-old man presented with a history of fits and on initial investigation was suspected of having a left frontal parafalcine meningioma. Initial surgical procedure to excise the lesion had to be abandoned owing to the extreme vascularity of the lesion. Histology revealed it to be a haemangioendothelioma. At a second operation the tumour was completely removed. The histology of this rather uncommon tumour is discussed and the literature is reviewed.
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Golash et al. (1999) conducted a case report in Intracranial haemangioendothelioma (n=1). Surgical excision was evaluated on Complete removal of the tumour. Surgical excision of an intracranial haemangioendothelioma mimicking a meningioma was successfully completed in a second operation after the first was abandoned due to extreme vascularity.
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