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.
Spinal pain made worse by recumbency: a clue to spinal cord tumors.
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A 76-year-old woman with neck pain had complete pain relief after a vascular, calcified meningioma was removed surgically from under the 2nd and 3rd cervical nerve roots.
