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Trigeminal Meningioma in a Patient with Tardive Dyskinesia as Only Symptom
Corina Roman-filipAndreea-alina DanMaria-gabriela Catanăsubject
medicine.medical_specialtyNeurologyPontine cisternbusiness.industryCase ReportHypoesthesiaTardive dyskinesiamedicine.diseaseTentoriumHyperintensity030227 psychiatryMeningioma03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineotorhinolaryngologic diseasesmedicineNeurosurgeryRadiologymedicine.symptomGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciencesbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgerydescription
Most meningiomas are benign, encapsulated tumors (95% of the cases), generally undergoing a limited number of genetic aberrations. We present the case of a 74-year-old patient with no significant pathological history, who is admitted to the neurology ward for orofacial dyskinesias accompanied by hypoesthesia in the left hemiface, a symptomatology that had started insidiously about two months before and worsened progressively over the past 3 weeks. A cerebral MRI was performed which revealed a small mass with discrete T2 hyperintensity and T1 iso-signal compared to the gray matter located in the left pontine cistern, with a large, well-defined base at the level of the cerebral tentorium. The diagnosis of trigeminal meningioma was established and the treatment was started, after hearing the opinion of a neurosurgeon.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-01 | Case Reports in Neurological Medicine |