title: Giant sacrolumbar meningioma. Case report.
abstract: A case of giant sacral meningioma with presacral and lumbar extension is presented. The difficulties in diagnosis and management are emphasized including the staged multidisciplinary surgical approaches and preoperative tumor embolization.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Feldenzer
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: McGillicuddy
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009192:Myelography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed