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.

Fever

Elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation.


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PMID (PMCID)
23349605
(3548378)
 OTHER
Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of drug rash eosinophilia and systemic symptoms caused by phenytoin.
Santhamoorthy P, Alexander KJ, Alshubaili A.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2012;15(4):320-2.
A 32 year old Asian female on 300 mg per day of phenytoin following meningioma excision developed a fever with a diffuse maculopapular rash, lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly after12 days.
23061820
 MALE Child
Intraventricular chordoid meningioma in a child: fever of unknown origin, clinical course, and response to treatment.
Nambiar A, Pillai A, Parmar C, Panikar D.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012;10(6):478-81.
Intraventricular chordoid meningioma in a child: fever of unknown origin, clinical course, and response to treatment.
23061820
 MALE Child
Intraventricular chordoid meningioma in a child: fever of unknown origin, clinical course, and response to treatment.
Nambiar A, Pillai A, Parmar C, Panikar D.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012;10(6):478-81.
The authors present the case of an 11-year-old boy with an intraventricular chordoid meningioma, which is a rare presentation of prolonged fever of unknown origin due to a rare tumor in a rare location.
20515337
 MALE Child
Clear cell meningioma causing Castleman syndrome in a child.
Sato T, Sugiyama T, Kawataki T, Sato E, Horikoshi T, Sugita K, Kinouchi H.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010;5(6):622-5.
This 11-year-old boy presented with a rare case of Castleman syndrome caused by a clear cell meningioma manifesting as persistent fever of unknown origin, 2 years after glomerulonephritis.
20515337
 MALE Child
Clear cell meningioma causing Castleman syndrome in a child.
Sato T, Sugiyama T, Kawataki T, Sato E, Horikoshi T, Sugita K, Kinouchi H.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010;5(6):622-5.
The present case of clear cell meningioma manifesting as Castleman syndrome shows that the possibility of a brain tumor should be considered in patients presenting with fever of unknown origin, anemia, hypergammaglobulinemia, or other systemic illness.
18514392
 MALE Middle Aged
An intraventricular clear cell meningioma revealed by an inflammatory syndrome in a male adult: a case report.
Cassereau J, Lavigne C, Michalak-Provost S, Ghali A, Dubas F, Fournier HD.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2008;110(7):743-6.
Here we report a case of right intraventricular clear cell meningioma in a 50-year-old man who presented with fever, headache, and inflammatory syndrome.
15725647
 FEMALE
Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome leading to reversible myocarditis.
Zaidi AN.
Can J Clin Pharmacol. 2005;12(1):e33-40.
A 67-year old Caucasian female was diagnosed with anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) after she developed the triad of high fevers, maculo-papular rash and internal organ involvement ten weeks after the institution of prophylactic phenytoin for resection of a meningioma.
16235690
 FEMALE Adult
Pyrogenic cytokine interleukin-6 expression by a chordoid meningioma in an adult with a systemic inflammatory syndrome. Case report and review of the literature.
Denaro L, Di Rocco F, Gessi M, Lauriola L, Lauretti L, Pallini R, Fernandez E, Maira G.
J Neurosurg. 2005;103(3):555-8.
In the present report the authors describe a temporal chordoid meningioma in a 30-year-old woman who presented with fever, headache, and a serological inflammatory syndrome.
10806626
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
[Two cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sepsis following craniotomy].
Kasuya H, Kikuchi K, Imamura T, Kawashima A, Aihara Y, Ochiai T, Yamaguchi K, Fukamachi K, Hori T, Shiseki M, Tozuka K.
No Shinkei Geka. 2000;28(5):429-34.
In case 2, seven days after surgery for multiple meningioma, the patient exhibited spiking fevers and swelling in the left leg.