Cerebral and two spinal meningiomas removed from the same patient: case report.
An exceptional combination of an intracranial convexity and two thoracic spinal meningiomas in a 17-year-old girl is reported. The small meningioma in the left central parasagittal region was removed. One year later, paraplegia rapidly developed. Two meningiomas (one of them ossified) about 2 cm in size were removed from the midthoracic level of the spinal cord. The distance between the two spinal tumors was about 2 cm. One and one-half years after surgery the patient is well. The problem of multicentricity of meningiomas is discussed.
Neurosurgical Clinic, Institute of Neurology, Moscow, USSR.
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Kandel
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Sungurov
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Morgunov
D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*