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.

Personality changes

An abnormal shift in patterns of thinking, acting, or feeling.


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PMID (PMCID)
17924509
 MALE Adult
[Substantial and reversible personality changes due to a frontobasal meningioma].
Ronning C, Finset A, Helseth E.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2007;127(17):2246-7.
[Substantial and reversible personality changes due to a frontobasal meningioma].
11147880
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Chordoid meningioma with polyclonal gammopathy. Case report.
Lee DK, Kim DG, Choe G, Chi JG, Jung HW.
J Neurosurg. 2001;94(1):122-6.
The authors present a case of chordoid meningioma in a 55-year-old woman who manifested headache and personality change.
9526998
 FEMALE Adult
Parafalcine and bilateral convexity neurosarcoidosis mimicking meningioma: case report and review of the literature.
Jackson RJ, Goodman JC, Huston DP, Harper RL.
Neurosurgery. 1998;42(3):635-8.
A 44-year-old African-American woman was referred to our institution with a diagnosis of meningioma based on a 4-month history of headaches, decreased memory, personality changes, and decreased coordination and on the results of axial computed tomography, which revealed a parafalcine and bilateral convexity mass.