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.

Paresthesia

Abnormal sensations such as tingling, pricking, or numbness of the skin with no apparent physical cause.

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PMID (PMCID)
20591451	FEMALE
	Cervical spinal extradural meningioma: Case report.
	Benzagmout M, Azzal F, Bitar A, El Faiz Chaoui M, Van Effenterre R. Neurochirurgie. 2010;56(5):401-3.
	We report a case of spinal epidural meningioma diagnosed in an elderly woman complaining of right cervicobrachial pain of several years duration, associated with diffuse paresthesia and permanent numbness of her right index finger.
19412411	OTHER
	Intracranial Aspergillus infection associated with an amyloid tumor and lymphoma.
	Dhamija B, Hassan MF, Thambinayagam H, Moore A, Adams W, Hilton D. Skull Base. 2008;18(6):405-9.
	We illustrate the case in a patient who developed right-sided visual disturbance and facial paresthesia, where radiological diagnosis was meningioma but histopathology revealed an amyloid tumor with synchronous aspergillus infection and lymphoma at the same site.
17721052	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Atypical growth pattern of a meningioma in an adult.
	Lanotte M, Perez R, Boccaletti R, Castellano I, Cassoni P, Ducati A. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2007;47(8):360-3.
	A 49-year-old woman presented with a rare atypical growth pattern of meningioma without evidence of dural attachment manifesting as chronic headache associated with transient paresthesia and left motor disorders.
7802565	FEMALE	Adult
	ACTH-producing pituitary carcinoma presenting as the cauda equina syndrome.
	Frost AR, Tenner S, Tenner M, Rollhauser C, Tabbara SO. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1995;119(1):93-6.
	A 43-year-old woman presented with incontinence, weakness, and paresthesia, consistent with the cauda equina syndrome, 10 years after having a pituitary tumor surgically removed and 4 years after excision of two "meningiomas" of the cervical cord.