title: Intracranial meningioma at the site of a previous cranial penetrating trauma due to shrapnel.
abstract: Meningiomas are common and mostly benign intracranial tumors, which originate from arachnoid cells of the meninges, and account for approximately 25% of all primary intracranial tumors. Many external etiological factors have been described as etiology of meningioma in the literature, one of which is head trauma. However, trauma as a cause of meningioma remains a controversial subject. Here, a case of a patient with posttraumatic meningioma, who was wounded 25 years before, is presented. The assessment of the clinical characteristics of the patient and those reported in the literature seem to confirm that, in some cases, head trauma may be a factor contributing to the development of meningioma.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Neurosurgery, Poursina Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences; †Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences; ‡Neuroscience Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht; and §Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Center, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Siavash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azadi
authors.forename: Nima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.forename: Niloufar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mansouri
authors.forename: Fereydoun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pourdanesh
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014857:Warfare