Abstract

PINA TORNES, Arlines Alina; MENDOZA MONTERO, Fernando  and  OLIVA PONTON, Francisco José. Anaplastic meningioma. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.3, pp.535-539. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a patient who began presenting headache, vertigos, visual disorders and loss of balance is presented. By means of the magnetic resonance a left tumoral parietal image of 3 cm diameter was visualized, of extra-axial localization and well defined lobulated contours, with great non-homogeneous zones of contrast, surrounded by extensive perilesional edema. An angiotomography was carried out, previous to the surgery, looking for irrigation and vascular compromise. The resection of 95% of the lesion was achieved (grade II of Simpson) which included adjacent infiltrated dura madre and preserving the superior longitudinal sinus. Pathological results confirmed that it was an anaplastic meningioma grade III, with criterium for adyuvant treatment.

Keywords : anaplastic meningioma; malignant meningioma; magnetic resonance; cerebral angiography.