Meningioma

A rare, mostly benign, primary tumor of the meninges (arachnoid cap cells), usually located in the supratentorial compartment, commonly appearing in the sixth and seventh decade of life, clinically silent in most cases or causing hyperostosis close to the tumor and resulting in focal bulging and localized pain in less than 10% of cases. Additional features may include headache, seizures, gradual personality changes (apathy and dementia), anosmia, impaired vision, exophthalmos, hearing loss, ataxia, dysmetria, hypotonia, nystagmus, and rarely spontaneous bleeding.

Urinary incontinence

Loss of the ability to control the urinary bladder leading to involuntary urination.


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PMID (PMCID)
27336808
MALE Middle Aged
Olfactory Fossa Meningioma Presenting as Depressive Disorder: A Case Report.
Pranckeviciene A, Bunevicius A, Deltuva VP, Tamasauskas A.
Cogn Behav Neurol. 2016;29(2):107-12.
In this case report we describe a middle-aged man with a 2-year history of depressive disorder who was diagnosed with a large olfactory fossa meningioma after he developed mental status changes and urinary incontinence.
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FEMALE Middle Aged
Frontal lobe meningioma and depression.
Lahmeyer HW.
J Clin Psychiatry. 1982;43(6):254-5.
Her depression and urinary incontinence were symptomatically treated with d-amphetamine prior to diagnosis of bilateral frontal lobe meningiomas.