Intracranial capillary hemangioma misdiagnosed as a meningioma

Abstract

A 10-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital complaining of headache associated with intermittent vomiting. Non-contrast cranial computed tomography demonstrated a 4.5 x 4.0 cm well-circumscribed solid lesion in the left parietal region (Figure Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed an extra-axial parietal duralbased lesion, with contrast enhancement on T1-weighted images (Figure Additionally, a dural tail sign was evident. Neuroimaging findings were consistent with meningioma but the patient was diagnosed with capillary hemangioma by pathological examination (Figure Therefore, this lesion should be considered in the preoperative diagnosis of extra-axial, avidly enhancing mass lesions with a dural tail sign, especially in children 1,2,3 .