TY - JOUR UR - https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.172166 DO - 10.4103/0976-3147.172166 TI - Dorsal spinal epidural psammomatous meningioma in an adult male AU - Pandey,Sharad AU - Singh,Kulwant AU - Sharma,Vivek AU - Ghosh,Amrita AU - Suman,Saurabh AB - Meningiomas are benign in nature and arise from the arachnoid cells. They are mostly situated in the intracranial compartment, whereas spinal meningiomas are rare. Approximately, in 10% of cases, an extradural component is seen but an exclusively extradural meningioma is quite uncommon. However, WHO Grade II (atypical) and Grade III (anaplastic) tumors can behave aggressively. We reported a case of purely extradural psammomatous meningioma in an adult male affecting the dorsal spine although uncommon meningiomas should be included in the differential diagnosis of extradural intraspinal masses. VL - 7 SN - 0976-3147 SN - 0976-3155 ER -