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.

Hernia

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PMID (PMCID)
11972152	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	[Transthoracic transvertebral approach for resection of an anteriorly located, calcified meningioma. Case report].
	Jenny B, Rilliet B, May D, Pizzolato GP. Neurochirurgie. 2002;48(1):49-52.
	A calcified anterior spinal thoracic meningioma should be managed like the more frequent calcified thoracic disk hernia, despite the increased risk of cerebrospinal fluid effusion requiring subsequent repair.
7143304	MIXED_SAMPLE	Child
	[Intraspinal calcifications. Symptomatology. Pathologic value].
	Guilbeau JC, Morvan G, Nahum H. J Radiol. 1982;63(8-9):453-63.
	The most common etiologies for the anterior ones were calcifications of the posterior longitudinal ligament and calcified discal hernias; meningiomas were the most common cause of the median calcifications; ligamentum flavum calcifications accounted for must of the posterior ones.