119 deficit are most likely to occur in dorsal tumor cases. The psammomatous type of tumor can be removed piecemeal. But the total calcification type of tumor should sometimes be removed piecemeal to protect the spinal cord. In our case series, calcified meningiomas were pathologically diagnosed in all of the patients, or the tumor could not be confirmed as ossified meningiomas because the diag...

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The objective of this article is to present the recurrence pattern of olfactory groove meningiomas after surgical resection. Four patients, one female and three males, with surgically resected olfactory groove meningiomas presented with tumor recurrence. All patients underwent resection of an olfactory groove meningioma and later presented with recurrent tumors. The mean age at initial diagnosi...

Aneurysm of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) is a very rare entity and the manifestation and manipulation of such aneurysms remain contentious. In this paper, we report a case where a successful surgery for an olfactory groove meningioma was performed and the patient discharged but readmitted to hospital with loss of consciousness and subsequently passed away three hours after re-...

© 2016 Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery. All rights reserved Background: Olfactory groove meningiomas arise in the midline along the dura of the cribriform plate and fronto-sphenoidal suture, accounting for approximately 10% of intracranial Meningiomas. The most common presenting symptoms are cognitive changes, headache, anosmia and bitemporal visual field loss. The surgical goal is gross total...