Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess

Abstract The association of meningioma with intra- and peritumoral brain abscess is rare. All cases reported in literature had some focus of infection in the body. We report a 56-year-old man with well-controlled diabetes mellitus found to have a space-occupying lesion upon evaluation for headache,...

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Published inIndian journal of neurosurgery Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 220 - 222
Main Authors Sannareddy, Rajesh Reddy, Lath, Rahul, Padua, Michelle de, Ranjan, Alok
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published A-12, Second Floor, Sector -2, NOIDA -201301, India Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd 01.12.2018
Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc
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abscess
brain tumor
Case Report
meningioma
meningioma
brain tumor
abscess
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Summary:Abstract The association of meningioma with intra- and peritumoral brain abscess is rare. All cases reported in literature had some focus of infection in the body. We report a 56-year-old man with well-controlled diabetes mellitus found to have a space-occupying lesion upon evaluation for headache, vomiting, and clumsiness of right upper limb. Perioperatively, pus was found intra- and perilesionally around a thick, capsulated, dural-based, vascular lesion. Histopathology was suggestive of meningioma, and Escherichia coli was isolated upon culture.
ISSN:2277-954X
2277-9167
DOI:10.1055/s-0037-1606820