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However, cases in immunocompetent hosts are increasingly reported, often mimicking meningiomas due to similar radiological features, leading to diagnostic delays and poor outcomes.Case Presentation:We present two cases of isolated intracranial aspergilloma in immunocompetent patients. The first case involved a 55-year-old female with a right parietal scalp swelling mimicking a convexity meningioma, confirmed as aspergilloma on histopathology following surgical excision. The second case was a 63-year-old male with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure and a right planum sphenoidale lesion mimicking skull base meningioma, also diagnosed postoperatively as invasive aspergillosis. Both patients underwent surgical resection and voriconazole therapy, with favorable short-term outcomes. These cases highlight the diagnostic challenges posed by overlapping imaging characteristics of aspergilloma and meningioma.Conclusions:A high index of suspicion, even in immunocompetent patients, is essential for timely histopathological confirmation and antifungal treatment to mitigate morbidity and mortality. Adding aspergilloma to the differential diagnosis of meningioma-like lesions on radiology may improve outcomes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.31083\/rn52189","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,30]],"date-time":"2026-07-30T11:50:09Z","timestamp":1785412209000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Two Cases of Isolated Intracranial Aspergilloma Mimicking Convexity and Skull Base Meningioma: Diagnostic and Radiological Dilemmas"],"prefix":"10.31083","volume":"81","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-8438-8187","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Muhammad Nawaz","family":"Khan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Lady Reading Hospital, 25000 Peshawar, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-4142-2058","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Muhammad","family":"Junaid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Combined Military Hospital, 46000 Rawalpindi, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-6745-3892","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Syed Shayan","family":"Shah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Lady Reading Hospital, 25000 Peshawar, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-8594-6840","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Syed Jawad","family":"Ahmad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Lady Reading Hospital, 25000 Peshawar, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-9218-5341","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Muhammad Sohaib","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Lady Reading Hospital, 25000 Peshawar, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-3162-3876","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Muhammad Affan","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Foundation University Medical College, 44000 Islamabad, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1101-7740","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Kaviya","family":"Selvapandian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, B152WB Birmingham, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8392-2072","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Bipin","family":"Chaurasia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medical Sciences, 44300 Bharatpur, Nepal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"16242","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Chandra S, Goyal M, Mishra NK, Gaikwad SB. 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