TITLE:
Post-Traumatic Spinal Meningioma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
AUTHORS:
Mahmoud M. Taha
KEYWORDS:
Meningioma, Lumbar Spine, Trauma
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery,
Vol.7 No.2,
April
19,
2017
ABSTRACT: Post-traumatic
meningioma is a matter of controversy with many reported cases of cranial
post-traumatic meningioma and rare cases for such pathology in human spine. The
author reports a 61-year-old woman who had post-traumatic spinal meningioma at the site of old
traumatic fracture for 26 year after her initial trauma. The patient treated successfully with
microsurgical resection and posterior fusion with improvement of here recent
weakness. The author reviews the literatures for similar cases as well as
reviews the controversies regarding the development of post-traumatic
meningiomas.