Refractory seizures due to a dural-based cavernoma masquerading as a meningioma

Neurol Sci. 2012 Apr;33(2):441-3. doi: 10.1007/s10072-011-0764-4. Epub 2011 Sep 15.

Abstract

A 37-year-old female presented with medically intractable complex partial seizures with secondary generalization. She was found to have a dural-based lesion with radiologic features of meningioma. A gross total resection was performed and pathology confirmed a diagnosis of cavernous angioma and she became seizure free after the surgical resection. Cavernous angioma should be considered in differential diagnosis of a dural-based lesion manifesting with refractory seizures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Meningioma / physiopathology*
  • Seizures / diagnosis
  • Seizures / etiology*