Multiple meningiomas in different neuraxial compartments are quite rare. The authors report two new cases of association between cranial and spinal meningiomas, one of them in a patient operated upon for multiple intracranial meningiomas. The first case was a 60-year-old woman with progressive paraparesis who had been operated on 13 years earlier for multiple intracranial meningiomas. A myelo-CT scan showed a block of contrast medium at T1-T2; the lesion was removed via a standard laminectomy. The second patient was a 76-year-old woman with a 6-month history of spastic paraparesis. MRI detected an extramedullary intradural lesion at T6-T7. A cerebral MRI, performed because of the onset of seizures, showed a right parietal lesion. Removal of the thoracic lesion was followed, 6 months later, by removal of the cerebral one. Both patients presented a progressive improvement of the paraparesis and returned to normal daily activities.
Multiple meningiomas in different neuraxial compartments. Report of two cases.
BASTIANELLO, STEFANO
1999-01-01
Abstract
Multiple meningiomas in different neuraxial compartments are quite rare. The authors report two new cases of association between cranial and spinal meningiomas, one of them in a patient operated upon for multiple intracranial meningiomas. The first case was a 60-year-old woman with progressive paraparesis who had been operated on 13 years earlier for multiple intracranial meningiomas. A myelo-CT scan showed a block of contrast medium at T1-T2; the lesion was removed via a standard laminectomy. The second patient was a 76-year-old woman with a 6-month history of spastic paraparesis. MRI detected an extramedullary intradural lesion at T6-T7. A cerebral MRI, performed because of the onset of seizures, showed a right parietal lesion. Removal of the thoracic lesion was followed, 6 months later, by removal of the cerebral one. Both patients presented a progressive improvement of the paraparesis and returned to normal daily activities.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.