Speech arrest caused by meningioma--two case reports.
Parasagittal or falx meningioma occasionally causes paroxysmal speech disturbance. A 22-year-old and a 46-year-old female harboring meningiomas suffered recurrent episodes of supplementary motor seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the meningioma compressing the left supplementary motor area. Seizures did not recur after total removal of the tumors.
Shiino
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Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu.
Matsuda
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Handa
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D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed