Successful removal of a large meningioma in a three-year-old boy

Abstract

✓ A 300 gm fibroblastic meningioma was successfully removed from the right frontal lobe of a 3-year-old boy. It extended into and distorted the right ventricle but had no obvious meningeal attachment. One month after surgery, the patient developed a spastic paraparesis probably due to vascular insufficiency of the regions supplied by the anterior cerebral arteries. This neurological deficit cleared within 6 months, and the neurological examination 3 years postoperatively was normal.