Biography
Biography: Mojtaba Mafi
Abstract
We studied on meningioma among 614 patients with Brain tumor (consists of meningioma, glioma and pituitary tumor). 145 patients had meningioma. Our results are in various topics:
- Clinical features of meningioma
- Anatomical distribution
- Radiation induced meningioma
- Meningioma and foster Kennedy syndrome
- Meningioma and pseudo foster Kennedy syndrome
- Multiple meningioma
- Post traumatic and skull fracture meningioma
- Cutaneous meningioma
- Meningioma and DVT
- Trigeminal neuralgia and meningioma
- Recurrent meningioma
- Meningioma and thrombosis
We are going on to continue this study. This research project has been held in neurosurgery ward Shariati Hospital and had been scientifically registered. We studied during 6 years on meningioma and in this abstract article, we present a patient with Brain stroke symptoms. In this regard, we aimed to review the unusual sign and symptoms of meningioma, e.g. behavioral change, MS like symptom and symptoms of cerebral infarction. All mentioned signs and symptoms initially seems to be unusual for Brain tumor diagnosis, so we found among our study sample, 4 patients under psychiatric treatment and psychological consultation without any Brain imaging study. Therefore, meningioma can present with varies types of neurological and non-neurological symptoms. Meningioma is an extra axial Brain tumor. In fact, meningioma can push the brain tissue, leads to Brain compression as well as intra cranial portion of internal carotid artery. Since meningioma can involve intra cranial portion of the internal carotid artery, the cerebral blood flow slows and, in this status, a clot formation can occur. Various anatomical types of meningioma like sphenoid wing, frontobasal, temporobasal, olfactory groove can compress intra cranial portion of the internal carotid artery.
We report one case of meningioma presenting with cerebral stroke. A 30 years old woman with right upper extremity weakness and right hand numbness, in physical examination, right hand force was 1/5 worsening during 4 weeks. MRI study reveals cavernous area meningioma and the patient after radiation therapy improved completely. We dedicate radiologic specificities and patient's angiography and discussion of anatomical and clinical properties and behaviors of meningioma in this current case, at oral presentation time. In this case, we had done sufficient modalities to rule out hypercoagulable state or any source of emboli.