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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Whorled appearance. | *Whorled appearance - '''key feature'''. | ||
*Calcification. | *Calcification. | ||
*Prominent thick-walled blood vessels. | |||
Many subtypes exist. | Many subtypes exist: | ||
*Atypical meningioma. | |||
**Has invasion of the brain - WHO Grade 2. | |||
*Angiomatous meningioma. | |||
*Others. | |||
Image: [http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/chapter7/chapter7dMiscellaneous.html Meningioma (neuropathologyweb.org)]. | Image: [http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/chapter7/chapter7dMiscellaneous.html Meningioma (neuropathologyweb.org)]. | ||
DDx: | |||
*Cerebral angioid angiopathy. (???) | |||
==Schwannoma== | ==Schwannoma== |
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