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A radiographic pattern of destruction, reactive sclerosis, spiculated periosteal new bone formation, diploic widening, and enlarged perivascular spaces is demonstrated with meningioma. This radiographic appearance correlated pathologically with reactive new bone formation along the outer table of the calvaria (In response to meningioma hypervascularity), and subsequent invasion of this new bone by infiltrating meningioma cells.
Index terms: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Meninges, neoplasms (Skull and contents, meningioma, 1[0].366)
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