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.

Dyscalculia

A specific learning disability involving mathematics and arithmetic.


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PMID (PMCID)
15794842
OTHER Middle Aged
Lateral transsulcal approach to asymptomatic trigonal meningiomas with correlative microsurgical anatomy: technical case report.
Nagata S, Sasaki T.
Neurosurgery. 2005;56(2 Suppl):E438; discussion E438.
Patients with meningiomas on the dominant side exhibited transient amnestic aphasia and dyscalculia, but the symptoms disappeared in a few days or weeks.