Coexistence of large meningioma and arteriovenous malformation:A case report and literature review

Xue Wang; Yang Liu; Rong-Wu Tang; Ye-Tao Zhu

doi:10.2174/1573405619666230310091939

Coexistence of large meningioma and arteriovenous malformation:A case report and literature review

Curr Med Imaging. 2023 Mar 10. doi: 10.2174/1573405619666230310091939. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Xue Wang¹, Yang Liu¹, Rong-Wu Tang¹, Ye-Tao Zhu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Hospital of MianYang·Sichuan Mental Health Center, Sichuan 621000, China.

PMID: 36895123
DOI: 10.2174/1573405619666230310091939

Abstract

Introduction: The simultaneous presence of a giant intracranial meningioma and an arteriovenous malformation(AVM)in the same cerebral hemisphere is extremely rare. The treatment should be individualized depending on the case.

Case presentation: A 49-year-old man presented with hemiparesis. Preoperative neuroimaging revealed a giant lesion and an AVM on the left hemisphere of the brain. Craniotomy and tumour resection were performed. The AVM was not treated and needed to be followed up. The histological diagnosis was meningioma (World Health Organization grade I). The patient was in good neurological condition postoperatively.

Conclusion: This case adds to the growing literature suggesting that the association between the two lesions is complex. Besides, treatment depends on the risk of neurologic function damage and hemorrhagic stroke of meningiomas and AVMs.

Keywords: Arteriovenous Malformation; Case report; Cerebral; Coexistence; Craniotomy; Meningioma.

Publication types

Case Reports