Meningioma--an unusual forehead swelling: a case report.
Meningiomas are rarely encountered by head and neck clinicians. This report describes a patient with a meningioma presenting uncommonly as a long-standing forehead mass with minimal symptoms. Investigation identified a large bifrontal meningioma with extra-cranial extension involving the right orbit and forehead. The literature is reviewed with particular reference to extra-cranial meningioma and the case is discussed.
Mighell
A J
AJ
Sunderland District General Hospital.
Stassen
L F
LF
Soames
J V
JV
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*