meningioma/vomiting

A 35-year-old female visited emergency department for a sudden onset of headache with vomiting after management for abortion at local department. Neurological examination revealed drowsy mentality without focal neurological deficits. CT showed 3.2×3.4 cm hyperdense intraventricular mass with

Diabetes mellitus is a disease with no definite cure. In recent years, stem cell transplant has led to treatment of various diseases including diabetes. We sought to report a type 1 diabetic patient with a brain mass, diagnosed as transitional meningioma, after a fetal hematopoietic stem cell

The case of a 62-year old man diagnosed with radiation-induced meningioma (RIM) after treatment for astrocytoma with an unusually short latency period of 7 months is reported. The patient first presented with a 2-month history of memory decline. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a tumour in

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the imaging findings and clinical features of intracal lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma. METHODS The clinical, radiographic, and pathological data of 9 patients of lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS All cases

Introduction: Papillary meningioma is an extremely rare malignant lesion with high degree of invasiveness, high recurrence rate, and perivascular pseudopapillary structure. The incidence of cystic degeneration in papillary meningiomas is

BACKGROUND We report a case of Rhabdoid meningioma in an eight-year-old child which is the fifth case in the world according to our knowledge. METHODS An 8-year-old girl was seen in our University Clinic of Neurosurgery with one month history of increasing headaches, vomiting and increasing

Background: Multiple intracranial meningiomas account for <10% of all meningiomas. Familial multiple meningiomas have been linked to germline mutations in two genes: neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and SWIch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable (SWI/SNF)-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of

The clinical, radiological and pathological features of two cases of intraventricular meningioma in a 9-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl are reported. Presenting features included headache, vomiting and somnolence with no localizing neurological signs on physical examination. Neither patient

A 57-year-old man with a history of multiple recurrent atypical meningiomas (World Health Organization grade II) had several surgical resections including γ knife resection of the parafalcine meningioma, followed with a stereotactic radiosurgical ablation. Despite these treatments, an MRI scan

We describe a unique case of prolonged nausea and vomiting following posterior fossa craniotomy for removal of a meningioma. No apparent neurological or gastrointestinal causes were discovered except for a delayed gastric emptying time. The symptoms gradually resolved along with normalization of the

The present study describes the case of a 63-year-old woman presenting with headache, dizziness and vomiting due to a an ovoid mass in the left pre-bulbar cistern, apparently arising from the lower clivus and the foramen magnum. The clinical history revealed the subtotal removal of a right

BACKGROUND Meningiomas are slow-growing tumors that may present in pregnancy because of accelerated growth. We present the case of a recurrent meningioma in two separate pregnancies in the same woman. METHODS A 35-year-old woman presented at 30 weeks of gestation with limb weakness, vomiting, and a

Cefazolin is commonly administered before surgery as a prophylactic antibiotic. Hypersensitivity to cefazolin is not uncommon, and the symptoms mostly include urticaria, skin reaction, diarrhea, vomiting, and transient neutropenia, which are rarely life threatening. We present a rare case of fatal