Delayed Treatment of Retroclival Meningioma in a 70-year-old Female

We report a case of a 70-year-old female who presented with a four-year history of progressive headaches in the occipital area. MRI revealed a right inferior clival meningioma. Treatment was delayed for over a year due to multiple referrals resulting in the development of new symptoms including decr...

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Published inCurēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 12; no. 1; p. e6579
Main Authors Tan, Vivian S, Best, Lara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cureus Inc 06.01.2020
Cureus
Subjects
Brain cancer
Case reports
Headaches
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical referrals
Neurosurgery
Oncology
Patients
Provinces
Radiation Oncology
Radiation therapy
Teams
Telemedicine
Tumors
Canada
meningioma
delayed treatment
radiation oncology
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Summary:We report a case of a 70-year-old female who presented with a four-year history of progressive headaches in the occipital area. MRI revealed a right inferior clival meningioma. Treatment was delayed for over a year due to multiple referrals resulting in the development of new symptoms including decreased balance, generalized weakness, and difficulty swallowing.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.6579