Abstract

FRANCISCO-CORREDOR, Alex; LASTRA-TERAN, Orlando  and  MORENO-GARCIA, Santiago. Case report of cerebral hemorrhage as initial presentation of meningioma in an III level of care hospital in Colombia. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.1, pp.20-23.  Epub May 06, 2021. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022357.

The initial presentation of brain tumors will depend especially on their location, adjacent structures or in some cases may have an asymptomatic course. However, one of the rare but well-known causes of spontaneous intracraneal hemorrhages is the initial presentation of primary and secondary brain tumors. This article presents the case of a 72-year-old patient who has entered to the emergency department with altered consciousness state and left brachio-crural hemiparesis, the patient in the vital signs has presented high-tension rates. The cranial CT has shown a space occupying lesion with mass effect and characteristics suggesting intratumoral hemorrhage that required drainage and resection of the extra-axial tumor. The result of the pathology revealed an atypical meningioma grade II.

Keywords : brain neoplasms; meningioma; cerebral hemorrhage; stroke (MeSH).

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