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A sphenoid wing meningioma presenting with intraparenchymal and intraventricular hemorrhage treated with endovascular embolization alone: case report and radiologic follow-up
  1. Deep Das1,
  2. Vineeta Singh2
  1. 1Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, India
  2. 2Department of Neurology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Deep Das, Department of Neurology, Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, 52/1a, Sambhunath Pandit St, Kolkatam - 700025, West Bengal, India; deepdas1974{at}hotmail.com

Abstract

Haemorrhagic presentation of intracranial meningioma is rare, and meningiomas with both intraparenchymal hemorrhage and intraventricular extension have not been reported. An unusual case of a sphenoid wing meningioma that was treated with endovascular embolization alone is presented.

  • Tumor
  • hemorrhage
  • angiography
  • embolic
  • aneurysm
  • angioplasty
  • arteriovenous malformation
  • brain

https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010099

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval This is a case report and not a study so ethical approval was not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.