Meningioma in Fourth Ventricle of Brain: A Case Report and Literature Review

Meningiomas are benign tumors origin from central nervous system. They usually involve cephalic, paravertebral soft tissues, skin and in rare cases in the ear, temporal bone, mandible, foot, lung, and mediastinum. In this case, we report an unusual case of meningioma which placed in the fourth ventr...

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Autores principales: Salehpour, Firooz, Aghazadeh, Javad, Bazzazi, Amir Mohammad, Mirzaei, Farhad, Eftekhar Saadat, Amir Taha, Alavi, Seyed Ahmad Naseri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5898122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29682051
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.228551
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Sumario:Meningiomas are benign tumors origin from central nervous system. They usually involve cephalic, paravertebral soft tissues, skin and in rare cases in the ear, temporal bone, mandible, foot, lung, and mediastinum. In this case, we report an unusual case of meningioma which placed in the fourth ventricle. A 14-year-old man with seizure and headache referred to our ward. The magnetic resonance imaging reported bilateral acoustic neuroma and fourth ventricle meningioma. The patient was scheduled for total tumor resection and the histopathology revealed psammomatous type of meningioma. The patient discharged with good general status.

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