title: Relapsing hemiparkinsonism due to recurrent meningioma.
abstract: We describe a case with left hemiparkinsonism due to a parasagittal meningioma with surrounding edema compressing the right basal ganglia. The patient was successfully operated and his symptoms resolved completely. However 7 years later his hemiparkinsonism reappeared due to a relapse of the right parasagittal meningioma. This rare case points to the significance of neuroimaging in the evaluation of parkinsonism.
authors.affiliation: 3rd University Department of Neurology, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, 9 Navarinou Square, GR-54622 Thessaloniki, Greece. bostkamb@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Sevasti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bostantjopoulou
authors.forename: Zoe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Katsarou
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petridis
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods