Posttraumatic meningioma.
This report concerns three patients with intracranial meningioma developing at the site of an old head injury with skull fracture. These cases, along with literature reports, suggest a causal relationship between head trauma and the subsequent development of meningioma.
D000328:Adult; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications