Author(s)

Alejandro Rojas-Marroquín^1,2*, Hugo Navarro Palencia^3,4, Alejandro Curán⁵, Luis A. Ramírez⁶

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Medilaser Clinic, Florencia, Colombia.
²Endovascular Neurosurgeon, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF, México.
³Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Medilaser Clinic, Florencia, Colombia.
⁴Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.
⁵Fellowship of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
⁶Universidad Cooperativa de Santa Marta, Santa Marta, Colombia.

Meningiomas are usually benign growths that rarely invade the substance of the brain, thus presenting the potential for curative surgery. Their sometimes difficult locations and propensity to recur if not completely excised represent formidable problems for the patient and the neurologic surgeon. This report describes a case of giant intracranial and extracranial meningioma of the falx cerebri. The tumor had displaced the anterior third of the superior sagittal sinusand a massive extracranial protrusion was eroding the calvarium, left supraorbital rim, frontal sinus and the left maxillary sinus. We present the surgical approach.

Meningioma, Intracranial, Extracranial, Superior Sagittal Sinus, Surgical Approach

Rojas-Marroquín, A. , Palencia, H. , Curán, A. and Ramírez, L. (2015) Giant Intracranial and Extracranial Meningioma of the Falx Cerebri: Surgical Management and Case Report. Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, 5, 88-92. doi: 10.4236/ojmn.2015.53015.