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J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2018; 79(05): 434-435
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1641179
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Spontaneous Intraventricular Hemorrhage Caused by Sphenoid Meningioma

Cherkaoui Mandour
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
,
Jawad Laaguili
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
,
Miloudi Gazzaz
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
,
Brahim el Mostarchid
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
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17 December 2016

06 June 2017

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30 April 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Introduction Benign sphenoid meningioma presenting with an acute intraventricular hemorrhage is extremely uncommon.

Case report We report a case of a 61-year-old man who was admitted after sudden onset of a severe headache. Brain computed tomography revealed a sphenoid meningioma with acute intraventricular hemorrhage.

Discussion Intraventricular hemorrhage caused by Meningiomas is infrequent. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the cause of hemorrhage.

Conclusion The benignity of meningiomas is relative because these tumors can cause exceptional complications such as bleeding.

Keywords

hemorrhage - intraventricular - meningioma - sphenoid
 

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