Meningioma with Intratumoral Hemorrhage - A Case Report -

종양내 출혈을 동반한 뇌수막종 - 증례보고 -

  • Chun, Sae Myoung (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Tae Sung (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Yee, Gi Taek (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Koh, Jun Seok (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Lim, Young Jin (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Gook Ki (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Leem, Won (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University) ;
  • Rhee, Bong Arm (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University)
  • 천세명 (경희대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 김태성 (경희대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 이기택 (경희대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 고준석 (경희대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 임영진 (경희대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 김국기 (경희대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 임언 (경희대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 이봉암 (경희대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실)
  • Received : 2001.01.29
  • Accepted : 2001.04.24
  • Published : 2001.09.28

Abstract

Meningioma associated with intratumoral hemorrhage is rarely reported. We present two patients with intratumoral hemorrhage. One 70-year-old man was admitted to our department with a decreased level of consciousness and left hemiparesis. CT scan and MRI scan revealed huge tumor with intratumoral hemorrhage in the frontal lobe. After surgical removal of the tumor, histopathological diagnosis was a meningotheliomatous meningioma. The other seemed patients was 56-year-old woman with headache and vomiting. She showed no specific neurological deficit. CT and MRI scan revealed large size tumor with intratumoral hemorrhage that looks like meningioma. The patient died suddenly before surgery. We reviewed the relevant literature and discussed the possible mechanism of hemorrhage in the meningioma.

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