Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Angiomatous meningioma (AM) is a rare World Health Organization (WHO) grade I histological subtype of meningioma, comprising 2.1% of all meningiomas. AM is characterized by numerous blood vessels with at least focal classic meningothelial differtentiation. The lesion may be easily misdiagnosed, as they are rarely encountered in clinical practice.  Neuroimaging methods are considered to be pivotal in the initial diagnosis, however a detailed histological examination is considered to be the only gold standard tool for the final diagnosis. A case of  60 year old male patient diagnosed as angiomatous meningioma at our hospital, is presented along with a brief description of WHO classification of meningiomas.
Keywords: Angiomatous meningioma, Peritumoral edema, WHO classification, Histopathological Examination, Immunohistochemistry.

Corresponding author: Dr .V. Pavani, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad.

This article may be cited as:  B Pavani, K R Indrasen,  P R Vishwaksena, Choudri S. Angiomatous Meningioma - Diagnostic  evaluation with  literature  review. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(1):114-118.