{
  "abstract": "We report a rare case of a dural angioleiomyoma (ALM) in a woman in her 50s presenting with a progressive right-sided tremor. MRI revealed a left-sided infratentorial extra-axial lesion, initially suspected to be a posterior fossa meningioma. The patient underwent supracerebellar infratentorial gross total resection without complications. Histopathology demonstrated well-differentiated spindle-shaped smooth muscle cells arranged around blood vessels, with strong smooth muscle actin positivity and a Ki-67 index <1%, confirming the diagnosis of dural ALM. At the 1-year follow-up, the patient remained neurologically intact and imaging showed no recurrence.Intracranial ALMs are exceedingly rare and often misdiagnosed preoperatively due to non-specific imaging characteristics. This case highlights the importance of considering ALM in the differential diagnosis of extra-axial posterior fossa lesions and emphasises that complete surgical excision provides excellent disease control with favourable functional outcomes.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Turin Department of Neurosciences Rita Levi Montalcini, Turin, Piedmont, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Lorenzo Dolci"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Turin Department of Neurosciences Rita Levi Montalcini, Turin, Piedmont, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Carmen Ungaro"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Turin Department of Neurosciences Rita Levi Montalcini, Turin, Piedmont, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Ignazio Digirolamo"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Turin Department of Neurosciences Rita Levi Montalcini, Turin, Piedmont, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Antonio Melcarne"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Intracranial infratentorial angioleiomyoma, an unusual localisation",
  "uid": "e01f75c1-135e-58ed-a52c-b491dfa9c2c5"
}