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Chordoid meningioma is a rare variant of meningioma that bears a striking histological resemblance to chordoma and has greater likelihood of recurrence. Although most meningiomas occur in the intracranial, orbital and intravertebral cavities, rare meningiomas have been reported in extracranial organs; thus, it is important to be able to distinguish them from other neoplasms that have similar histology but different biological behavior and therapies. A case of chordoid meningioma in a 48-year-old woman who did not have Castleman's syndrome is described in the present report. The patient presented with a mass in her left frontoparietal region, and had been suffering from headaches for many years. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrated an expansive lytic lesion in the squamous portion of the left temporal bone. The lesion extended in both directions. Histological examination of the surgical specimen revealed a tumor composed of cords and nests of eosinophilic vacuolated cells embedded in a myxoid matrix. A typical meningiomatous pattern was observed focally, and positive staining of the tumor cells for vimentin and epithelial membrane antigen confirmed the diagnosis of chordoid meningioma.
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PMID:Chordoid meningioma: rare variant of meningioma. 1548 3

Chordoid meningioma is a rare meningothelial tumor characterized by chordoma-like histological features with lymphoplasmacellular infiltration. This tumor is often seen in children, but not in adults, with a systemic inflammatory syndrome (iron-resistant microcytic anemia and/or dysgammaglobulinemia) and very rarely with a persistent moderate hyperthermia. In the present report the authors describe a temporal chordoid meningioma in a 30-year-old woman who presented with fever, headache, and a serological inflammatory syndrome. The clinical symptomatology, chiefly the fever, disappeared immediately after removal of the tumor. To the authors' knowledge, only one similar patient with such clinical presentation and response to surgery has been mentioned in the literature. Interestingly, at immunohistochemical examination, the neoplasm showed focal positivity for the pyrogenic cytokine interleukin-6. The capacity of the tumor to produce this pyrogenic cytokine could explain both the patient's clinical presentation and her response to the surgical management.
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PMID:Pyrogenic cytokine interleukin-6 expression by a chordoid meningioma in an adult with a systemic inflammatory syndrome. Case report and review of the literature. 1623 90

We report a 3-year-6-month-old boy with chordoid meningioma in the foramen magnum. Chordoid meningioma represents between 0.5 and 1.0% of all meningiomas, and it is frequently located in the supratentorial region. The patient started with an episode of instability, falls, and headache; after which, he developed cuadriparesis, cervical pain, and neck stiffness, which slightly improved after medical treatment, so he was referred to our hospital. Physical examination revealed left hemiparesis and cervical muscle spasm with left torticollis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated an intradural-extramedullary well-circumscribed, homogeneous enhancing mass, in the anterior part of the foramen magnum with cervical extension. The operative technique was the extreme-lateral craniocervical retrocondylar approach with total removal and dural coagulation. Histopathological examination demonstrated a chordoid meningioma, with meningotelial basophilic mucoid chordoma-like component in 80% of the tissue. The immunohistochemical stains were positive to epithelial membrane antigen, vimentin, and S-100 protein. At 10 months follow-up, the patient showed improvement in his neurological deficit with physical rehabilitation, and motor response in his extremities are now normal; neck stiffness with cervical spasm disappeared postoperatively. MRI showed no residual tumor. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a chordoid meningioma on the foramen magnum in a child.
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PMID:Chordoid meningioma of the foramen magnum in a child: a case report and review of the literature. 1821 97

Meningiomas are rare in children. Chordoid meningioma is a very rare variant, as only 16 cases in children have been reported. The authors report the first case of a chordoid meningioma in the third ventricle. A 12-year-old boy presented with headache, abnormal behaviors, and ataxia. Brain MR imaging revealed a 2-cm, well-enhanced mass in the third ventricle and hydrocephalus. Positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose showed that the mass was hypermetabolic. Gross-total removal of the mass was performed using a left frontal transcortical and transventricular approach. The mass originated from the left caudate head and was connected to the choroid plexus. A chordoid meningioma was diagnosed on the basis of the histological characteristics of the tumor, which was composed of cords and nests of eosinophilic vacuolated cells with an abundant myxoid matrix, similar to the features of a chordoma. A typical focal meningiomatous pattern was observed. The tumor cells were immunoreactive for vimentin and epithelial membrane antigen. The patient's headache and gait disturbance improved after the tumor was removed. The tumor showed no signs of recurrence during 12 months of follow-up.
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PMID:Third ventricular chordoid meningioma in a child. 1883 62

We report a rare case of chordoid meningioma arising in the pineal region, which presented in a 22-year-old woman. Her only complaint was headache, and neurological examination revealed no deficits. She had suffered from prolonged fever a few weeks earlier, and her hematological findings included hypochromic microcytic anemia and a high serum level of C-reactive protein (CRP). Cranial magnetic resonance (MR) images demonstrated a 25 x 30 mm mass in the pineal region, which showed iso-to low intensity on T1-weighted images (T1WI), high to low intensity on T2-weighted images (T2WI), and homogeneous enhancement with gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA). We performed subtotal removal of the tumor with an occipital transtentorial approach (OTA), and all her preoperative symptoms completely abated. Histological examination of this tumor specimen showed the typical pattern of chordoid meningioma. Chordoid meningioma has been known to correspond with Castleman's disease, and pineal meningiomas are extremely rare among intracranial meningiomas. The details of this case are presented with a review of the literature.
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PMID:Chordoid meningioma arising in the pineal region: a case report. 1898 35

Meningiomas are tumors that originate from the arachnoid cell and the majority are benign and grade I tumors according to World Health Organization. Chordoid meningioma is an uncommon variant of meningioma and corresponds to grade II tumor in the World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System 2007 because of its more aggressive behavior and increased likelihood of recurrence. A 75-year-old female was referred to the neurosurgery department complaining of headache, syncope, and seizure. Radiological examination revealed a mass lesion in the neighbourhood of the frontal lobe that destructed bone and was associated with peritumoral edema. The patient underwent surgery. The tumor was totally excised with the dura beneath. Histopathological examination showed that the tumor was composed of clusters and cords of small polygonal cells with fine chromatin and eosinophilic vacuolated cytoplasm embedded in a myxoid matrix, and also focal whorls of spindle-shaped cells. Two mitoses were seen in 10 high power fields. Vascular proliferation was observed in some tumoral areas. Bone invasion was present. Immunohistochemical analysis of the tumor cells revealed widespread strong membranous and cytoplasmic expression of epithelial membrane antigen. The Ki67 labeling index was 6-8%. All of these findings were consistent with a diagnosis of chordoid meningioma, the neoplasm was identified as grade II based on the World Health Organization Classification, 2007. In this report we present a case of chordoid meningioma without classical radiological findings of meningioma with areas of vascular proliferation that mimicked glial tumors at histopathologic examination.
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PMID:Chordoid Meningioma - A Case Report: Clinicopathological Features and Differential Diagnosis of an Uncommon Tumor. 2471 52