BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

Angiomyxofibromatous tumor of the falx cerebri. 2006

Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

We report a distinctive angiomyxofibromatous lesion arising from the falx cerebri of a 48-year-old woman. The tumor was composed of bland-appearing, spindle, and stellate cells in a myxoid matrix with prominent vascularity. The tumor cells were immunopositive diffusely for vimentin and focally for S-100 protein, but were immunonegative for epithelial membrane antigen, CD34, MIC2, Bcl-2, glial fibrillary acidic protein, cytokeratin CAM 5.2, desmin, and smooth muscle actin. This lesion could not be categorized according to the current World Health Organization classification of tumors of the nervous system, thus underscoring a need to enhance our understanding of myxoid mesenchymal neoplasms and reassess their nosology.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008577 Meningeal Neoplasms Benign and malignant neoplastic processes that arise from or secondarily involve the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Intracranial Meningeal Neoplasms,Spinal Meningeal Neoplasms,Benign Meningeal Neoplasms,Leptomeningeal Neoplasms,Malignant Meningeal Neoplasms,Meningeal Cancer,Meningeal Neoplasms, Benign,Meningeal Neoplasms, Intracranial,Meningeal Neoplasms, Malignant,Meningeal Tumors,Neoplasms, Leptomeningeal,Neoplasms, Meningeal,Benign Meningeal Neoplasm,Cancer, Meningeal,Cancers, Meningeal,Intracranial Meningeal Neoplasm,Leptomeningeal Neoplasm,Malignant Meningeal Neoplasm,Meningeal Cancers,Meningeal Neoplasm,Meningeal Neoplasm, Benign,Meningeal Neoplasm, Intracranial,Meningeal Neoplasm, Malignant,Meningeal Neoplasm, Spinal,Meningeal Neoplasms, Spinal,Meningeal Tumor,Neoplasm, Benign Meningeal,Neoplasm, Intracranial Meningeal,Neoplasm, Leptomeningeal,Neoplasm, Malignant Meningeal,Neoplasm, Meningeal,Neoplasm, Spinal Meningeal,Neoplasms, Benign Meningeal,Neoplasms, Intracranial Meningeal,Neoplasms, Malignant Meningeal,Neoplasms, Spinal Meningeal,Spinal Meningeal Neoplasm,Tumor, Meningeal,Tumors, Meningeal
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009232 Myxoma A benign neoplasm derived from connective tissue, consisting chiefly of polyhedral and stellate cells that are loosely embedded in a soft mucoid matrix, thereby resembling primitive mesenchymal tissue. It occurs frequently intramuscularly where it may be mistaken for a sarcoma. It appears also in the jaws and the skin. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Angiomyxoma,Angiomyxomas,Myxomas
D004388 Dura Mater The outermost of the three MENINGES, a fibrous membrane of connective tissue that covers the brain and the spinal cord. Falx Cerebelli,Falx Cerebri,Pachymeninx,Tentorium Cerebelli
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D018322 Angiofibroma A benign neoplasm of fibrous tissue in which there are numerous small and large, frequently dilated, vascular channels. (Stedman, 25th ed) Angiofibromas
D018572 Disease-Free Survival Period after successful treatment in which there is no appearance of the symptoms or effects of the disease. Survival, Disease-Free,Disease Free Survival,Survival, Disease Free

Related Publications

Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
Angiomyxomatous tumor of the falx cerebri.
January 2016, Pathology international,
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
[CALCIFICATIONS OF THE FALX CEREBRI].
September 1963, La Presse medicale,
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
Chondroma of the falx cerebri.
January 2015, Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992),
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
[Chondroma of the falx cerebri].
February 1975, Lijecnicki vjesnik,
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
Solitary fibrous tumor arising from the falx cerebri--case report.
December 2000, Neurologia medico-chirurgica,
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
Massive falx cerebri empyema.
March 2003, Neurology India,
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
Extensive calcification of the falx cerebri.
July 1947, The British journal of radiology,
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
[Frontal chondroma of the falx cerebri].
November 1953, Revista clinica espanola,
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
Cystic schwannoma of the falx cerebri.
June 2007, Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia,
Fabiola Medeiros, and Bernd W Scheithauer, and Andre M Oliveira, and Richard S Gregory
Neuroblastoma involvement of the falx cerebri.
December 2009, Pediatric blood & cancer,
Copied contents to your clipboard!