Clinical presentation of “silent” meningiomas after general anaesthesia

We present two patients who became unrousable within 48 h after general anaesthesia for non-neurosurgical operations; both were found to have frontal meningiomas. Analysis of these and previous reports suggest that several anaesthetic and peri-operative factors probably combine to contribute to the...

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Published in:BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia 1995, Vol.74 (3), p.335-337
Main Authors: RAZIS, P. A., ROBINSON, D. L., ALBERRY, R.
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaesthesia
Brain
intracranial neoplasm
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Summary:We present two patients who became unrousable within 48 h after general anaesthesia for non-neurosurgical operations; both were found to have frontal meningiomas. Analysis of these and previous reports suggest that several anaesthetic and peri-operative factors probably combine to contribute to the accelerated presentation of these previously “silent” tumours, and we recommend that dexamethasone should be administered early in the course of unexplained neurological deterioration after operation. (Br. J. Anaesth. 1995; 74: 335–337)
ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1093/bja/74.3.335