title: Refractory seizures due to a dural-based cavernoma masquerading as a meningioma.
abstract: A 37-year-old female presented with medically intractable complex partial seizures with secondary generalization. She was found to have a dural-based lesion with radiologic features of meningioma. A gross total resection was performed and pathology confirmed a diagnosis of cavernous angioma and she became seizure free after the surgical resection. Cavernous angioma should be considered in differential diagnosis of a dural-based lesion manifesting with refractory seizures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261031, China.
authors.forename: Xianwei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahta
authors.forename: Ryan Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ali G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kesari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*