Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess

Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess

The association of meningioma with intra- and peritumoral brain abscess is rare. All cases reported in literature had some focus of infection in the body. We report a 56-year-old man with well-controlled diabetes mellitus found to have a space-occupying lesion upon evaluation for headache, vomiting,...

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Main Authors: Rajesh Reddy Sannareddy, Rahul Lath, Michelle de Padua, Alok Ranjan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-10-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
brain tumor
meningioma
abscess
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1606820
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spelling doaj-7ccd50f4104a4b299115d37813d63a9c2020-11-25T03:13:28ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Indian Journal of Neurosurgery2277-954X2277-91672017-10-01070322022210.1055/s-0037-1606820Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral AbscessRajesh Reddy Sannareddy0Rahul Lath1Michelle de Padua2Alok Ranjan3Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaThe association of meningioma with intra- and peritumoral brain abscess is rare. All cases reported in literature had some focus of infection in the body. We report a 56-year-old man with well-controlled diabetes mellitus found to have a space-occupying lesion upon evaluation for headache, vomiting, and clumsiness of right upper limb. Perioperatively, pus was found intra- and perilesionally around a thick, capsulated, dural-based, vascular lesion. Histopathology was suggestive of meningioma, and Escherichia coli was isolated upon culture.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1606820brain tumormeningiomaabscess
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author Rajesh Reddy Sannareddy
Rahul Lath
Michelle de Padua
Alok Ranjan
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Rahul Lath
Michelle de Padua
Alok Ranjan
Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
brain tumor
meningioma
abscess
author_facet Rajesh Reddy Sannareddy
Rahul Lath
Michelle de Padua
Alok Ranjan
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title Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess
title_short Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess
title_full Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess
title_fullStr Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess
title_full_unstemmed Meningioma with Intra- and Peritumoral Abscess
title_sort meningioma with intra- and peritumoral abscess
publisher Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
series Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
issn 2277-954X
2277-9167
publishDate 2017-10-01
description The association of meningioma with intra- and peritumoral brain abscess is rare. All cases reported in literature had some focus of infection in the body. We report a 56-year-old man with well-controlled diabetes mellitus found to have a space-occupying lesion upon evaluation for headache, vomiting, and clumsiness of right upper limb. Perioperatively, pus was found intra- and perilesionally around a thick, capsulated, dural-based, vascular lesion. Histopathology was suggestive of meningioma, and Escherichia coli was isolated upon culture.
topic brain tumor
meningioma
abscess
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1606820
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