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.

Chronic otitis media

Chronic otitis media refers to fluid, swelling, or infection of the middle ear that does not heal and may cause permanent damage to the ear.


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PMID (PMCID)
26238133
 FEMALE Adult
Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis mimicking prolactinoma with recurrent vision loss.
Lok JY, Yip NK, Chong KK, Li CL, Young AL.
Hong Kong Med J. 2015;21(4):360-2.
This is an unusual presentation of a rare condition in this age-group, with co-existing granulomatous mastitis and chronic otitis media, and is a diagnostic challenge mimicking pituitary macroadenoma and meningioma in initial magnetic resonance imaging scans.
24650749
 FEMALE Adult
Middle ear meningiomas: a case series reviewing the clinical presentation, radiologic features, and contemporary management of a rare temporal bone pathology.
Stevens KL, Carlson ML, Pelosi S, Haynes DS.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2014;35(3):384-9.
Patients with primary middle ear meningiomas (MEMs) often present with non-specific otologic complaints including hearing loss, otorrhea and otalgia thereby mimicking common chronic otitis media, while secondary lesions more frequently manifest sensorineural hearing loss, cranial neuropathy and other neurologic symptoms from the associated intracranial component.
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 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Skull base meningiomas mimicking otitis media.
Shihada R, Lurie M, Luntz M.
J Laryngol Otol. 2012;126(6):619-24.
To describe three patients in whom chronic otitis media was the presenting sign of skull base meningioma.