Posttraumatic meningioma

Neurosurgery. 1985 Jul;17(1):84-7. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198507000-00015.

Abstract

This report concerns three patients with intracranial meningioma developing at the site of an old head injury with skull fracture. These cases, along with literature reports, suggest a causal relationship between head trauma and the subsequent development of meningioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Concussion / complications
  • Brain Injuries / complications*
  • Craniotomy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Meningioma / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Parietal Bone / injuries*
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Skull Fractures / complications*
  • Temporal Bone / injuries*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Gunshot / complications