Acute presentation of meningioma due to haemorrhage following a motor vehicle accident.
Only three previous cases have been reported in which trauma has precipitated haemorrhage from a meningioma. This case is unique due to its occurrence after a minor motor vehicle accident. Our patient presented with transient weakness and sensory loss of the right lower leg following a motor vehicle accident and the subsequent occurrence of focal seizures prompted a computed tomography scan of the head which revealed a large parasagittal meningioma with intratumoural haemorrhage. The tumour was successfully removed with complete recovery. The literature related to haemorrhage from meningiomas following trauma is reviewed.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
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