A meningioma that grew outside the skull and looked like another tumor
Original title: Sphenoid Temporal Meningioma With Granular Cell Features and Extracranial Infratemporal Extension.
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This was tested in people. That is the most reliable kind of research we share.
This is a report on one patient who was already treated, not a test of anything new.
The short version
Doctors describe one woman whose slow growing brain covering tumor spread into the muscle and bone near her temple, and how they found out what it really was.
What was studied. This is a report on one patient. She was a 54-year-old woman with swelling on the right side of her face and temple that had grown slowly over two years. She also had some pain that came and went, and one eye that pushed forward a little. Doctors used scans, surgery findings, and lab tests on the tumor tissue to make the diagnosis.
What they found. Scans showed a small tumor next to the brain on the right side, with thickened bone in the skull, the outer eye socket wall, and the temple area. The tumor also reached into the muscle at her temple and the space below it. She had surgery to remove the tumor tissue and the thickened bone, to take pressure off the eye socket, and to repair the skull with a titanium mesh. Lab tests on the removed tissue showed a meningioma with granular cell features, graded as a CNS WHO grade 1 tumor.
What this means, and what it doesn't
What it could mean: If you have a lump near the temple with thickened bone, a meningioma is one possible cause, even when the lump sits outside the skull. This kind of growth can look like other tumor types on scans alone. This report says doctors should put the scans, what they see during surgery, and the lab tests together before deciding what a mass like this is.
What it doesn't mean: This is a report about one single patient. It is not a study of a new treatment, and no new treatment was tested here. Nothing in it was compared against other care, so it cannot tell you what works better. It does not show a cure, and it does not mean anyone else's tumor will behave the same way. Talk with your own care team about your scans and your options.
Source: PubMed, July 12, 2026 · Read the original
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