Parafalcine meningioma presenting with facial pain: evidence for cortical theory of pain?
Intracranial tumours causing facial pain are very rare. All previously reported tumours have been located in either the posterior or middle fossa. We present a unique case of a bilateral parasagittal meningioma located in the parietal-occipital cortex presenting with right-sided facial pain.
Gan
Y C
YC
Department of Neurosurgery, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK. ycgan1@yahoo.com
Choksey
M S
MS
D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D010296:Parietal Lobe