Meningiomas are very common neurosurgical problem. Their histological appearance, different size and localization, adherence to vital neural and vascular structures or extensive peritumoral brain edema (PTBE), especially in deep seated tumors, may lead to severe, life-threatening complications. We report a case of tuberculum sellae meningioma (TSM). A 48-year old female presented with 7-month h...

N early a century ago, Karl Germain (1878-1956), a magician who had an international reputation for conjuring, became blind from a brain tumor. It ended his career. His physicians in Cleveland, Ohio, advised him to consult the eminent neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing, MD (1869-1939), in Boston, Massachusetts. Cushing successfully removed the tumor and reported the case in his landmark article on men...

This 64-year-old man presented with symptoms of optic chiasm and nerve compression from a giant tuberculum sellae meningioma with unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm encased. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging disclosed that the aneurysm was completely enclosed in the tumor, but angiographic studies did not reveal any important arterial narrowing. The embedded aneurysm caused...