title: Stapedial artery supplying sphenoid wing meningioma: case report.
abstract: A 46-year-old woman presented complaining of resting tremor of the right arm and attacks of inappropriate crying and laughing. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed a large left sphenoid wing meningioma. Preoperative cerebral angiography demonstrated a persistent stapedial artery, terminating as a middle meningeal artery which was the main blood supply to the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coates
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Siqueira
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008578:Meninges / Q000098:blood supply; D008579:Meningioma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013198:Stapedius / Q000098:blood supply