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.

Myelopathy



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PMID (PMCID)
24278660
(3836938)
 OTHER
Totally ossified metaplastic spinal meningioma.
Ju CI, Hida K, Yamauchi T, Houkin K.
J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2013;54(3):257-60.
A 61-year-old woman with a very rare case of totally ossified large thoracic spinal metaplastic meningioma, showing progressing myelopathy is presented.
16542842
 MALE Middle Aged
Cervical extradural meningioma with rapidly progressive myelopathy.
Takeuchi H, Kubota T, Sato K, Hirose S.
J Clin Neurosci. 2006;13(3):397-400.
Cervical extradural meningioma with rapidly progressive myelopathy.
10365544
 FEMALE
Intraspinal osteogenic meningioma: report of a case.
Huang TY, Kochi M, Kuratsu J, Ushio Y.
J Formos Med Assoc. 1999;98(3):218-21.
The tumor's initial symptom was myelopathy, as is usual with spinal meningioma.
8255840
 FEMALE
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with occult foramen magnum meningioma--a case for MRI?
Chakravarty K, Scott DG, Dick D, Visick J.
Postgrad Med J. 1993;69(815):720-3.
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with occult foramen magnum meningioma--a case for MRI?
1564485
 MALE Adult
Multiple lesions in cerebral white matter in two young adults with thoracic extramedullary tumours.
Salvi F, Mascalchi M, Plasmati R, Michelucci R, Calbucci F, Dal Pozzo G, Tassinari CA.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1992;55(3):216-8.
The tumours (an extradural meningioma and intradural neuroma) were resected with complete resolution of myelopathy in one patient but no recovery in the other.