Suprachiasmal meningioma in a 2-year-old child.

Intracranial meningioma is a rare tumour in children. In Cushing and Eisenhardt's book (1938) on meningiomas, six occurred in the pre-adolescent age group. A review of the literature found six patients to be under 2 years of age with only one survival (Stern, 1937; Bailey, Buchanan, and Bucy, 1939; Grant, 1947; Cuneo and Rand, 1952). The present report concerns a case of giant meningioma successfully removed from a 2-year-old boy. The tumour was unusual in location, suprachiasmal, and unusual in size, 250 g.