A SILENT CASE OF LARGE CYSTIC MENINGIOMA

Abstract

Meningiomas are the most common extra-axial neoplasms. Meningiomas, in general may be benign or malignant. Cystic meningiomas are one of the subtypes of meningioma, mimicking an intra-axial lesion radiologically and clinically. The common clinical manifestations may include but not limit to headache, vomiting, seizures & focal neurological decits. The cystic component is an uncommon nding that makes it difcult to distinguish between a meningioma and a glial neoplasm radiologically. Here, we discuss a 54-year-old female patient who presented with subacute onset of transient memory disturbances and a sudden neurological deterioration who was found to have a cystic meningioma.