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Occasion : Case Report
Title : Diagnosis and Management of Meningioma in Frontal Lobe
Purpose : Discuss about Diagnosis and Management of Meningioma in
Frontal Lobe
Day and Date : Thursday / November 29th
2012
Presentant : dr. Restu Susanti
Advisor : Prof. dr. Basjiruddin A, Sp.S (K)
Moderator : Prof. DR. dr. Darwin Amir, Sp.S(K)
Opponent : dr. Dherma Putra and dr. Ishlahuddin Ibnu Amin
ABSTRACT
Meningioma is a benign intracranial tumor that can cause focal neurologic and
neuropsychological deficits. Induced abnormalities depending on the location of
existing lesions. Treatment can be given in the form of operative and radiotherapy. This
disease has a good prognosis. Reported cases of women 48 years with progressive
headache, weakness of right limbs and neurobehavior function changes. Right
hemiparesis and papil edema obtained from physical examination and neurobehavior
function changes obtained from the value of mini mental state examination 4. The
results of a CT scan with contrast there was the frontal lobe meningioma. The patient
was treated with anti-edema and metabolic activators. Then proceed with the action
craniotomy and microsurgery as well as anatomical pathology examination of the
results of atypical meningioma. After the therapeutic action, no headache, there are
motor repair and better neurobehavior function.
INTRODUCTION
Meningiomas are tumors arising from the arachnoidal coverings of the brain. Found as
the second most common central nervous system tumor, accounting for approximately
20% of all primary adult intracranial tumors. The vast majority of meningiomas occur in
patients between 50 and 60 years of age, with a twofold higher incidence in women.
The biological behavior of meningiomas is one of continued growth, ultimately leading
to compression of neuronal structures. The treatment of choice is surgery, which is
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frequently successful in treating these tumors.1,2
Patient complain of increasingly severe
headache, right limb hemiparalysis and behavioral disorder.
CASE ILUSTRATION
A fourty eight-year-old female patient was admitted to neurology department of Dr.M
Djamil hospital Padang on June 26th
2012, with :
THE MAIN COMPLAINT:
Increasingly severe headache
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
Patient complain of headache that become increasing intense since last 6 month.This headache very severe felt in all parts of the head and most of all day.
Initially her headache is not interfere her daily activities and than gradually her
activity be came discrupted as well.
Finally she could not work anymore.
Patients appear to have a defect in appearance daily in her behavior, she seemdepressed and often forgotten of time, place and other people of the former
familiar. She even forgot her name itself or something new that just happened.
Patient also difficult to do her daily job such as cooking, washing and unable toperform her job as a lecturer.
Patient had weakness of the right limb, but still able to walk on her own, but bythe way she found it difficult to wear slipper or buttoning her blouse.
She appeared with a face that is not symmetrical. Since 3 days ago patient contact worse, coldnot doing communication well.
Patient couldnot answer and doing everything people ask to her.
PAST ILLNESS HISTORY
Never been sick like this before
History of hypertension is not known
She had ovarian cyst surgery in 2008
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HISTORY OF FAMILY ILLNESS
No family members were sick like this.
SOCIAL ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDA lecturer in STIKES. The highest education S1, but since 2 years before is not
working anymore.
Married but has no children
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
General Condition : Moderately ill
Awareness : Alert
Blood Pressure : 140/90 mmHg
Pulse : 82 x/minute, regularly
Temperature : 36,5o
c
Breathing frequency : 16 x/minute
Internal Examination
Eye : Conjunctiva was not anemic and sclera was not icteric
Lymph nodes : No enlargement
Neck : JVP 5-2 cm H2O. Bruit carotid (-)
Lungs :Symmetric static and dynamic, palpation is normal,
sonor, vesicular, ronchi (-/-), wheezing (-/-)
Heart : Ictus is not visible, palpable 1 finger medial LMCS ICS V,
Sinus rhytm, metallic sound, HR = 82X/minutes
Neurological Examination
GCS : E4M6V5
There are no signs of nuchael rigidity, neither brudzinski I and II. No kernig sign found.
No sign of increasing intracranial pressure.
Cranial Nerves
Nerve I : Normal Nerve II : Visual actuity and visual field could not be examine.
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Opthalmoscophy examination showed: papil side is not clear, hyperemis, cupping (+),
aa : vv = 1 : 3, av.crossing (-)
Impression: Oedema papil ocular dekstra and sinistra + Fundus hypertension KW Ist
grade
Nerve III,IV,VI : isocor pupil, 3mm/3mm, ligh reflex (+/+), Ortho position,movement of the eye balls were normal
N V : Corneal reflex +/+ N VII : facial assymmetry, lagoftalmus (-), right nasolabial fold flatter then
the left side
N VIII : Hearing function is normal N IX : vomiting reflex (+) N X : Symmetrical pharyngeal, uvula is in the middle N XI : normal N XII : Deviation of tongue (+),atrophy (-), fasciculation (-)Motoric function :
Right Left
Superior extremities Active Active
Muscle strength 4 +4 +4 + 555
Tone, trophy Eutonic, eutrophy Eutonic, eutrophy
Inferior extremities Active Active
Muscle strength 4 +4 +4 + 555
Tone, trophy Eutonic, eutrophy Eutonic, eutrophy
Sensoric function : normal exteroceptive and proprioceptive function
Autonomic function : normal
Physiological Reflex :
Right Left
Biceps ++ ++
Triceps ++ ++
KPR ++ ++
APR ++ ++
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Pathological reflex :
Hoffman tromner - -
Babinsky group - -
Laboratory Finding
Hb : 14.1 g/dL RBG : 104 mg/dL Sodium:139 mmol/L
WBCs: 10.200 /mm3
Ureum: 19 mg/dL Potassium: 3,7 mmol/L
Ht: 44 % Creatinin: 0,7 mg/dL
ECG: Sinus rhythm, HR: 82 x/min, ST elevation (-),ST depression (-), T inverted (-),
SV1 + RV5
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FURTHER INVESTIGATION :
1. Complete blood count: cell blood count, platelets, SGOT, SGPT, totalcholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, ureum, creatinine, uric acid, electrolytes
(Na, K, Cl), total protein, albumin, globuline
2. Tumor markers : CEA, AFP3. Skull x-ray sella tursika centration4. Chest x ray5. Brain CT scan with contrast6. Consult to neurobehavior specialist
FOLLOW UP
2th
day of hospitalization
Subjective : conscious, contacts have not been adequate, no headache or vomite
Objective : cm uncooperative, Bp: 140/90, Pulse rate: 72 x / minute, breath: 18 x / min,
temperature: 370C
Neurologic exam :
GCS E4M6V4, signs of increased ICP (-). Paresis of right seventh and twelveth nerves
central type. Motoric: tones and trophy was normal, upper and lower extremity strength
of right side 4+
4+
4+
Laboratory findings
Hb: 13,1 g/dL Uric Acid : 7,5 mg/dL SGOT: 26 mg/dL
Leucosyte: 11.800 /mm3
Ureum : 27,1 mg/dL SGPT: 16 mg/dL
Ht: 40,7 % Creatinin: 0,7 mg/dL AFP: 1,79 IU/ml
Thrombosyte: 222.000 /mm3
Total cholesterol: 212 mg/dl HDL: 47 mg/dl
LDL: 144 mg/dl Triglycerides: 101 mg/dlSodium:145mmol/L Potassium: 3,6 mmol/L Cloride:106 mmol/L
Total protein : 8 mg/dl Albumin: 4,4 mg/dl Globuline:3,6 mg/dl
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Skull X-ray (Sella Tursica Few) :
Visible destruction of the sphenoid of sella anterior and posterior and calcification of
the calvaria.
Suggested :Mass on the sella turcica
Suggesiton : brain CT scan with contras
Chest X-Ray PA position :
Heart and pulmonary within normal lmit
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Brain CT scan with contras:
Impression :
Hiperdens lesions, inhomogen large, well defined, irregular edges, accompanied by
calcification, edema, and midline shift perifokal to the right lateral ventricle with
obliteration and III in the left temporoparietal lesions appear fronto extends to sella
turcica (Chiasma). Widened sulci narrowed gyri. Ventricular system and sisterna not
widen. Pons, both CPA and cerebellum normally.
Impression: suggestive of astrositoma high grade DD/ meningioma
Assesment: frontal lobe meningioma
Management:
Diet low salt II, 1800 kcal Patient put on medication of :
Asetazolamide 250 mg qid (po)
KSR 500 mg bid (po)
Planning: consult to neurosurgery spesialist
3th
day of hospitalization
Subjective : conscious, contacts have not been adequate, no headache or vomite
Objective : cm uncooperative, Bp: 120/70, Pulse rate: 78 x / minute, breath: 18 x / min,
temperature: 36,90C
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Neurologic exam :
GCS E4M6V4, signs of increased ICP (-). Paresis of right seventh and twelveth nerves
central type. Motoric: tones and trophy was normal, upper and lower extremity strength
of right side 4+ 4+ 4+
Consultation to neurosurgery specialist recommended that the diagnosis as a
meningioma and would be performed: tumor removal (after informed consent)
Plan: Tumor removal if the patient and family agree. If agreed preparation of operation:
Consult to Internal department and ICU, blood preparations: 4 PRC, 4 WB.
Assesment: left frontal meningioma
Management:
Diet MB RG II 1800 kcalMedication given :
Asetazolamide 4 x 250 mg (po) KSR 2 x 500 mg (po)
4th day of hospitalized
Subjective : conscious, contacts have not been adequate, no headache or vomite
Objective : cm uncooperative, Bp: 130/80, Pulse rate: 82 x / minute, breath: 22x / min,
temperature: 36,80C
Neurologic exam :
GCS E4M6V4, signs of increased ICP (-). Paresis of right seventh and twelveth nerves
central type. Motoric: tones and trophy was normal, upper and lower extremity strength
of right side 4+
4+
4+
Assesment: left frontal meningioma
Management: Diet low salt II, 1800 kcal Patient put on medication of :
Asetazolamide 250 mg qid (po) KSR 500 mg bid (po)
Informed consent to families
Results: Family aggree for tumor removal
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Planning:
Consult to internal departement
Check the hemostatic physiology
Preparation of blood transfussion
Laboratory results:
PT: 11.3 seconds
APTT: 27.9 seconds
INR: 1
7th day of hospitalized
Internal specialist recommended :
operating tolerances : cardiovascular and pulmonary risk mild, metabolic and
coagulation either.
Suggestion: post-op stabilisation in ICU
Plan: waiting for neurosurgical operations scheduling
8th
day of hospitalized
Result of Neurobehavior spaecialist Consultation:
Symptoms of neuropsychological deficits were found: often forget this since 6 months
Attention: distracted Orientation: impaired Verbal sense: good
Language functions: spontaneous talk disturbed (not smooth)
Naming: impaired Repetition: impaired Read: impaired
Writing: impaired Memory function: impaired
Executive functions: impaired Visuospatial functions: impairedMMSE: 11
Orientation: 2 Registration: 3 Attention and calculation: 0
Recal: 0 Language: 6 Construction: 0
MoCA-Ina: can not be perform
Conclusion:
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Supposed that all modalities of neurobehavior examination in these patients showed that
the function function of attention, language, memory and executive functions and
visuospatial were impaired.
16th
day of hospitalized
at 13:50 am at afternoon:
Subjective : Patient complained of headache and vomite 3x.
Objective : impaired conciousness, BP: 120/80, pulse rate: 104 x / minute, respiratory
rate: 18 x / min, temperature: 36.90C
Laboratory revealed :
Hb: 13 g / dl; Leucosyte: 16 600/mm3; Ht: 41% Platelets: 212 000/mm3; Potassium: 3.5
mmol / L; Sodium: 141 mmol / L; Clorida: 107 mmol / L
Medication as follow:
IVFD RL 12 hours / kolf Diet low salt II, 1800 kcal Asetazolamide 250 mg qid (po) KSR 500 mg bid (po) Dexametason 10 mg (iv) qid (tappering off) Ranitidine 50 mg (iv) bid Ceftriaxon 1 gram (iv) bid
Operation had to be delayed because of waiting for theatre as a reason.
17th
day of hospitalized
at 7:30 pm:
Subjective : conscious, contacts have not been adequate, no headache or vomiteObjective : cm uncooperative, Bp: 110/80, Pulse rate: 82 x / minute, breath: 22 x / min,
temperature: 36,80C
Neurologic exam :
GCS E4M6V4, signs of increased ICP (-). Paresis of right seventh and twelveth nerves
central type. Motoric: tones and trophy was normal, upper and lower extremity strength
of right side 4+
4+
4+
Assesment: tumor removal ec left frontal lobe meningioma
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Medication as follow:
IVFD RL 12 hours / kolf Diet low salt II, 1800 kcal Asetazolamide 250 mg qid (po) KSR 500 mg bid (po) Dexametason 10 mg (iv) qid (tappering off) Ranitidine 50 mg (iv) bid Ceftriaxon 1 gram (iv) bid
At 09.00 am13.30 am : was performed craniotomy and micro surgery
Post craniotomy:
Treat A-B-C-D in the ICU
Medication : antibiotic, anticonvulsant and analgesic
Open the drain > 48 hours
Open sewing on 8th
post operation
Pathological anatomi laboratory
Wound and after wound dressing
July 20th
2012
Pathological diagnosis is transitional meningioma
August 8th
2012 (one month after craniectomy)
Patient complain that her right eye did not function.
Result of neurobehavior examination:
MMSE: 26
Orientation: 9 Registration: 3 Attention and calculation: 5
Recal: 2 Language: 7 Construction: 0
MoCA-Ina: 13
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September 3rd
2012 (two month after craniectomy)
Result of Neurobehavior spaecialist Consultation:
Attention: good Orientation: good Verbal sense: good
Language functions: good Naming: good Repetition: good
Read: good Writing: good Memory function: good
Executive functions: impaired Visuospatial functions: good
MMSE: 28
Orientation: 9 Registration: 3 Attention and calculation: 5
Recal: 2 Language: 8 Construction: 1
MoCA-Ina: 26
Conclution : neurobehavior function is more better than before doing craniectomy.
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DISCUSSION
Meningiomas usually benign, slow growing and not cancerous. Symptoms appear
gradually and vary depending on the location. Reported a 48 years old female patientwith a chief complaint of severe headache were more increasingly accompanied by a
weakness of the left limb and deterioration in behavior. From the physical examination
found paresis seventh cranial nerves dextra central type and MMSE score was 4. Based
on anamnesis and physical examination patients diagnosed with space occupying
lession suspected intracranial tumor.1,3
Traction headache is a increasingly severe headache that be happened in patient
in space occupying lesion like tumor. Patient complained that the headache couldnot
therapy by the analgetic, because this symptom they couldnot done their daily activity.
Intracranial tumor could gave more symptom and sign like hemiparalysis, deterioration
of neurobehavior and sometime uncioussness.4
After doing Brain CT scan with contrast the results is suggestive of high grade
astrositoma (radiology results) that differential diagnose with left frontal lobe
meningioma. Here means the etiology of focal neurology deficit that have was
meningioma.
Meningiomas occur primarily at the base of the skull, in the parasellar regions,
and over the cerebral convexities. Meningiomas are not strictly brain tumors, since they
arise from meningothelial cells that form the external membranous covering of the
brain. Thus, symptoms and signs directly reflect the location of the tumor. Most
meningiomas are slow growing and are not associated with substantial underlying brain
edema; they cause symptoms by the compression of adjacent neural structures. Patients
with tumors of the hemispheric convexities often present with a seizure or progressive
hemiparesis. Patients with skull-based lesions typically present with cranial neuropathy,
whereas meningiomas in any location may cause headache.4,5,6,7
. Meningiomas occur more frequently in women, with a female-to-male ratio of
3:2 or even 2:1 in some series. Incidence of meningioma is 18% from all brain tumor.
Focal deficits, which are applicable to the existing lesions. The cause of meningioma
was suspected as associated with hormonal based on the history that she did not has no
children a suffered from ovarian cyst.4,7,8
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We know more about the causes of meningiomas than about most brain tumors. There
are at least four factors that seem to be important in their development: genes, radiation
therapy, hormone receptors, and perhaps environmental factors.5,9
Radiation has a very important role in meningioma formation. Approximately
5% of all meningiomas are radiation induced. An intriguing aspect of meningiomas is
their relation to sex. They are known to occur more often in women than in men.
Increase in size during pregnancy; they have an increased incidence in patient with
carcinoma of breast; and their cells have progesterone and estrogen receptors, although
their role is not known. Women had more expression of the progesterone receptor than a
men. Meningiomas secrete parathormone-related peptide, which may be responsible for
their classification. Prolactin receptor is expressed in meningiomas. 5,7,9
The symptom from meningioma depend on the location of the tumor. 20%
meningioma located in frontal lobes, that gave the frontal lobe syndromes. Frontal lobe
tumor made deterioration of behavior and personality in 90% cases.7
Frontal lobe is the biggest lobe from our brain, comprising almost one-third of the total
cortical surface area and related to behavior aspect . Frontal lobe syndrome is behavioral
changes, emotion, and personality, caused by frontal lobe damage . Several caused
could make frontal lobe syndrome like a traumatic brain injury, tumours, fronto
temporal dementia, or post surgery aneurism.7,10,11,12
The frontal lobes control many of the brains activities including attention,
abstract thought, problem solving, reasoning, judgment, initiative, inhibition, memory,
parts of speech, moods, major body movements, and bowel and bladder control.7
The frontal lobes give many of the uniquely human characteristics of behavior,
and diseases of the frontal lobe are among the most dramatic in neuropsychiatry. Frontal
lobes are divided into the motor cortex adjacent to the Rolandic fissure, the premotorcortex anterior to the motor cortex, and the prefrontal cortex comprising the region
anterior to the premotor areas. Contralateral weakness, brisk reflexes, and Babinski
signs occur with lesions of the motor strip; Brocas aphasia and executive aprosodia
follow lesions of the left and right premotor areas, respectively; and alterations in
cognition, demeanor, and mood are associated with prefrontal dysfunction.10,11,12
Frontal lobe syndromes characterized by deterioration in behavior and personality
characteristic features are:10
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Table 1 : Frontal Lobe Symptoms and Their Assesment
Clinical manifestation have various type, but based on unable to manage behavioral. In
this patient characteristic of frontal lobe syndrome that the patient has are reduced
verbal fluency, non verbal fluency, poor judgemet, poor response inhibion, poor
memory organiation, reduced devided attention and contralateral hemiparesis.
Deterioration of behavior and motoric deficits that happened in this patient based on the
the location that contributed in this tumor, prefrontal and primary motoric cortexs.7,10
Therapy for this syndrome stress on its underlying desease, family councelling,
and surgery. Treatment of brain tumor depend on the location and type of the tumor.
Corticosteroid used for reduce the vasogenic oedema and controlled the intracranial
pressure. Treatment options for meningiomas include observation, surgery and
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radiation therapy. At the Brigham and Womens Hospital, make the statement was
deciding wheter to observe a tumor. The ultimate decision consist of symptoms,age and
imaging appearance, morbidity of surgery or radiation, patient preference and need for
definitive diagnosis.4,9,10
This patient then consulted for the diagnosis of neurological surgery and
enforced by the plan meningioma tumor removal. Meningioma operative therapy is the
first choice that followed by anatomical pathology examination. In these patients
performed a craniotomy with microsurgery is a major choice in the treatment of
meningioma with minimal recurrence. Microsurgical technique which can significantly
increase the radical surgical intervention for brain meningiomas, resulting in lower
frequency of recidives and reducing number of complications. Thus, the use of
microsurgical technique at the stages of resection of meningiomas with the consequent
coagulation of the matrix increases the radicality of surgical treatment, reduces the risk
of recidives and continued tumor growth.5,9,13,14
Pathologic exam of this meningioma who had surgery showed as transitional
meningiomas. These common tumours feature the coexistence of meningothelial andfibrous patterns as well as transitions between these patters. Based on World HealthClassification of Brain Tumors, transitional meningioma was Grade I, the benign group
(85-90%), have no prognostic significance but are merely descriptions of different
histology.5,9,13
After doing craniectomy and microsurgery the condition of patient is more
better, the symptom of the right hemiparalysis and improved the behavior function. Had
been doing the neurobehavioral examination follow up in this patient, that recognized
that the focal neurologic and neuropsychological deficit that happened in this patient
was the effect of the mass in frontal lobe, meningioma.
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CONCLUSION
Meningioma is a primary brain tumor, more common in women. symptoms offocal neurological deficits caused depends on the location of the lesion.
Frontal lobe is the biggest lobe from our brain, comprising almost one-third ofthe total cortical surface area and related to behavior aspect.
Frontal lobes meningioma caused contralateral hemiparalisis and behaviordeterioration.
Frontal lobe syndrome is behavioral changes, emotion, and personality. Meningioma is a tumor that is operabel and radiosensitif. Focal neurologic and neuropsychological deficit that happened in this patient
was the effect of the mass in frontal lobe.
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