Multiple Meningeal and Perineural Tumours With Analogous Changes in the Glia and Ependyma (Neurofibroblastomatosis)

Meningioangiomatosis Associated with Meningioma

“…It was first described by Bassoe and Nazum 12 in 1915 in association with von Recklinghausen's disease and has since been known to also occur sporadically. WorsterDrought et al 13 introduced the name "meningioangiomatosis" in 1937. Histologically, the lesion is characterized by proliferation of meningothelial cells, microvasculature and fibroblasts.…”

Early history of neurofibromatosis type 2 and related forms: earliest descriptions of acoustic neuromas, medical curiosities, misconceptions, landmarks and the pioneers behind the eponyms

“…even in the absence of any evidence of neurofibromatosis elsewhere, ….. single acoustic tumours, bilateral acoustic tumours, and the generalised involvement of other cranial nerves appear to be …merely gradations of the same malady and do not represent different disorders …."]. One group, however, led by Worster-Drought in 1937 [98], suggested that bilateral acoustic neuromas associated with meningiomas, which they termed "neurofibroblastomatosis", should be considered distinct from the purely manifesting von Recklinghausen disease. Even Gardner and Turner, in their 1940 monograph [29], also alluded to the possibility that a single acoustic neuroma associated with one or more meningiomas may be distinct from von Recklinghausen disease, but they ultimately succumbed to the accepted notion that it most likely represented "an incomplete or abortive form of the disease".…”

Tumours of the Central Nervous System

“…Meningioangiomatosis is a very rare lesion, either sporadic or as part of neurofibromatosis 2 (Bassoe and Nuzum, 1915;Worster-Drought et al, 1937;Perry, 2006). The typical histopathological picture of this enigmatic disease embraces a proliferation of spindle cells and calcified psammoma bodies surrounding hyalinised blood vessels.…”