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.

Vasospasm

Narrowing of an artery due to constriction of the blood vessels.


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PMID (PMCID)
27338210
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Reversal of Visual Impairment Associated with Vasospasm After Resection of Sphenoclinoidocavernous Meningioma with Intra-Arterial Verapamil.
Amuluru K, Al-Mufti F, Singh IP, Frohman LP, Gandhi CD, Liu JK.
World Neurosurg. 2016;92:581.e1-581.e5.
Reversal of Visual Impairment Associated with Vasospasm After Resection of Sphenoclinoidocavernous Meningioma with Intra-Arterial Verapamil.
27338210
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Reversal of Visual Impairment Associated with Vasospasm After Resection of Sphenoclinoidocavernous Meningioma with Intra-Arterial Verapamil.
Amuluru K, Al-Mufti F, Singh IP, Frohman LP, Gandhi CD, Liu JK.
World Neurosurg. 2016;92:581.e1-581.e5.
This may be a useful strategy to diagnose and treat possible vasospasm-induced visual loss after resection of skull base meningiomas involving the optic apparatus.
27338210
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Reversal of Visual Impairment Associated with Vasospasm After Resection of Sphenoclinoidocavernous Meningioma with Intra-Arterial Verapamil.
Amuluru K, Al-Mufti F, Singh IP, Frohman LP, Gandhi CD, Liu JK.
World Neurosurg. 2016;92:581.e1-581.e5.
To our knowledge, this is the first report of successful reversal of postoperative unilateral visual loss related to vasospasm after resection of a skull base sphenoclinoidocavernous meningioma.
22005706
 FEMALE Adult
Endovascular angioplasty before resection of a sphenoidal meningioma with vascular encasement.
Chivoret N, Fontaine D, Lachaud S, Chau Y, Sedat J.
Interv Neuroradiol. 2011;17(3):391-4.
Endovascular angioplasty of arterial trunks and their branches can be proposed before the resection of skull base meningiomas encasing these arteries to decrease the risk of perioperative brain ischemia related to their surgical manipulation or vasospasm.
10664372
 FEMALE Adult
Use of intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation for refractory symptomatic vasospasm.
Rosen CL, Sekhar LN, Duong DH.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2000;142(1):25-32.
developed vasospasm after resection of a meningioma that encased the carotid and middle cerebral artery.
9330401
 FEMALE Middle Aged
[Diffuse cerebral artery vasospasm following total resection of posterior fossa meningioma: a case report].
Kusunose M, Fukuda O, Saito T, Takaku A, Endo S.
No Shinkei Geka. 1997;25(10):953-7.
The authors reported a case of symptomatic diffuse cerebral artery vasospasm of early phase following resection of a left posterior fossa meningioma.
9330401
 FEMALE Middle Aged
[Diffuse cerebral artery vasospasm following total resection of posterior fossa meningioma: a case report].
Kusunose M, Fukuda O, Saito T, Takaku A, Endo S.
No Shinkei Geka. 1997;25(10):953-7.
[Diffuse cerebral artery vasospasm following total resection of posterior fossa meningioma: a case report].
8361575
 FEMALE Middle Aged
[Delayed vasospasm complicated with the postoperative stage of the meningioma: a case report].
Shirasaka A, Ninchoji T, Uemura K, Shinohara Y, Kuwahara T, Yamazaki K.
No Shinkei Geka. 1993;21(8):745-9.
[Delayed vasospasm complicated with the postoperative stage of the meningioma: a case report].
2053069
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following tumor resection: report of two cases.
LeRoux PD, Haglund MM, Mayberg MR, Winn HR.
Surg Neurol. 1991;36(1):25-31.
The authors report two cases of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following resection of an acoustic neuroma and a left sphenoid wing meningioma.