title: Acute presentation of meningioma due to haemorrhage following a motor vehicle accident.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scott