Open AccessExceptionally rapid recurrence of malignant meningioma: case report
Author(s) -
Francisco Javier ArrambideGarza,
Arnulfo Gómez-Sánchez,
Santos Guzmán-López,
Alejandro QuirogaGarza,
Rodrigo Enrique ElizondoOmaña
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of medical and surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0719-532X
pISSN - 0719-3904
DOI - 10.32457/ijmss.v8i4.1730
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , asymptomatic , surgery , malignant meningioma , craniotomy , resection , presentation (obstetrics) , weakness , radiology
Anaplastic meningioma represents less than 5% of all meningiomas. It is a neoplasm with a poor prognosis due to aggressiveness and a high rate of recurrence. Patients could remain asymptomatic but clinical characteristics of mass effect are the most common presentation. Although diagnosis is made with histological study, this method is difficult to define, with inter-observer variability. When possible, surgical resection is the primary management. We discuss a case of an adult female patient with tonic-clonic seizures and weakness attributed to an anaplastic meningioma in the occipital lobe. The patient was treated with a parietal craniotomy with complete resection. One month later the patient suffered a recurrence of the tumor with the need for further intervention with incomplete resection. Due to extent of the damage the patient deceased two weeks later.