J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2017; 78(01): 99-102
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1570001
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Aneurysms Encased in Meningiomas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Niklas von Spreckelsen
1   Department of Neurosurgery, UK Köln, Köln, Germany
,
Thomas Liebig
2   Department of Radiology, UK Köln, Köln, Germany
,
Roland Goldbrunner
1   Department of Neurosurgery, UK Köln, Köln, Germany
,
Boris Krischek
1   Department of Neurosurgery, UK Köln, Köln, Germany
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Publication History

11 August 2015

14 September 2015

Publication Date:
25 January 2016 (online)

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Abstract

The coexistence of aneurysms and meningiomas is rare, and encasement of an aneurysm within a meningioma even more so. We report a case of an optic nerve sheath meningioma encasing an aneurysm of the internal carotid artery and present a brief review of the literature.