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.

Pulmonary edema

Fluid accumulation in the lungs.


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PMID (PMCID)
11953498
 MALE Adult
Sudden unexpected death resulting from previously nonsymptomatic subependymoma.
Ortiz-Reyes R, Dragovic L, Eriksson A.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2002;23(1):63-7.
The autopsy showed brain and pulmonary edema, numerous small meningeal meningiomas, bilateral and symmetrical juxtaventricular meningiomas, and a well-demarcated gray tan tumor in the medulla oblongata and upper cervical spinal cord.
11953498
 MALE Adult
Sudden unexpected death resulting from previously nonsymptomatic subependymoma.
Ortiz-Reyes R, Dragovic L, Eriksson A.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2002;23(1):63-7.
The autopsy showed brain and pulmonary edema, numerous small meningeal meningiomas, bilateral and symmetrical juxtaventricular meningiomas, and a well-demarcated gray tan tumor in the medulla oblongata and upper cervical spinal cord.
8893735
 MALE
Acute pulmonary edema after low-level air embolism during craniotomy. Case report.
Frim DM, Wollman L, Evans AB, Ojemann RG.
J Neurosurg. 1996;85(5):937-40.
The authors describe the course of a 76-year-old man who presented with noncardiogenic pulmonary edema shortly after undergoing resection of a high convexity meningioma.
7125949
 FEMALE Adult
[Acute pulmonary edema secondary to a posterior fossa tumor: report of a case].
Borges AC, Duval-Neto G, Festugato RR, Zauk AD, Aquini M.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1982;40(2):176-8.
A case of a 44-year-old woman presenting pulmonary edema secondary to posterior fossa meningioma is reported.