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Cerebral Edema Associated with Meningioma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Shih-Tseng Lee  and
Swei Hsueh
Shih-Tseng Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Medical College and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Swei Hsueh
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Medical College and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
*
Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Medical College and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 199, Tung Hwa North Road, 10591 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Abstract:

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Cerebral edema associated with meningiomas is a rather common phenomenon. A patient with a small meningioma presented with severe cerebral edema, out of proportion to the size of the tumor. During surgery the meningioma was removed and the adjacent edematous brain tissue biopsied. The histopathoiogical study showed conspicuous plasma cell and lymphocyte infiltration in both the tumor and the cerebral edematous tissue. The pathological findings are presented, and the possible mechanism for cerebral edema associated with meningioma is discussed.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , May 1989 , pp. 211 - 213
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1989

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