Frontal meningioma incidentally detected in the routine preoperative assessment of tongue cancer: a case report and literature review.
Recent advances in diagnostic tools, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have provided clinicians with the opportunity to detect asymptomatic meningiomas. This report describes a case of frontal convexity meningioma detected incidentally at MRI during the preoperative assessment of tongue cancer. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this case report is the first regarding the successful treatment of tongue cancer in a patient with incidental meningioma. The incidence, perioperative management, and various imaging tests to detect meningiomas are discussed, with a review of the literature.
Professor, Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Department of Sensory and Locomotor Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan. Electronic address: sano@u-fukui.ac.jp.
Kazuo
K
Sano
Ryuhei
R
Kitai
Hitoshi
H
Yoshimura
Seigo
S
Ohba
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18