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.

Lymphadenopathy

Enlargment (swelling) of a lymph node.

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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.
18458571	FEMALE	Adult
	Intracerebral presentation of Hodgkin disease mimicking meningioma in a young woman: case presentation with literature review.
	Apollonsky N, Edelman M, Johnson A, Bhuiya T, Karayalcin G. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008;30(5):369-72.
	We describe a patient with systemic nodular sclerosing HD, who initially presented with a brain mass mimicking meningioma and was found to have disseminated lymphadenopathy and bone involvement.
11019574	MALE	Adult
	[A case of isolated sarcoidosis of the cerebral falx].
	Hara K, Tanaka H, Moriyama H, Ohdaira T, Takada T, Suzuki E, Arakawa M, Fumitake G. Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2000;38(7):566-70.
	In the present case, differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis from meningioma was difficult because the solitary lesion was growing along the anterior cerebral falx without radiographic evidence of bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy.