Familial occurrence of meningioma: a case report.
A father and daughter were each found to have an olfactory groove meningioma. No members of the family were found to have neurofibromatosis. There have been 4 previous reports of meningiomas occurring in families, and the present report adds support to the hypothesis that meningioma can be a heredofamilial disorder.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005004:Ethmoid Bone; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed