Meningioma presenting as recurrent transient cerebral ischemia and intracranial hemorrhage.
Intracranial tumors are sometimes known to appear first as apoplexy. This report describes a patient with a meningioma of the falx who experienced acute onset of symptoms due to intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage and following a history of transient ischemic attacks on exertion. The tumor was an angioblastic-meningioma. The probably source of bleeding and the mechanism of transient ischemic episodes provoked by exertion are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male