title: Meningioma presenting at a site of a previously aspirated brain abscess.
abstract: We report the case of a meningioma which developed in the parieto-occipital lobe at the site where a brain abscess had been aspirated 9 years previously. There was no history of head trauma. To the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of a meningioma associated and possibly aetiologically related to a previous inflammatory process in the absence of head trauma. The association of chronic inflammation and the subsequent development of a meningioma is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reichenthal
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Rubinstein
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shevach
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013396:Suction; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation