Stapedial artery supplying sphenoid wing meningioma : case report

A 46-year-old woman presented complaining of resting tremor of the right arm and attacks of inappropriate crying and laughing. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed a large left sphenoid wing meningioma. Preoperative cerebral angiography demonstrated a persistent st...

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Published in:Neuroradiology 1993-08, Vol.35 (7), p.537-538
Main Authors: SHEIKH, B. Y. A, COATES, R, SIQUEIRA, E. B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Carotid Artery, Internal - diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Angiography
Female
Humans
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - diagnosis
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Meninges - blood supply
Meningioma - blood supply
Meningioma - diagnosis
Meningioma - surgery
Middle Aged
Neurology
Stapedius - blood supply
Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Summary:A 46-year-old woman presented complaining of resting tremor of the right arm and attacks of inappropriate crying and laughing. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed a large left sphenoid wing meningioma. Preoperative cerebral angiography demonstrated a persistent stapedial artery, terminating as a middle meningeal artery which was the main blood supply to the tumour.
ISSN:0028-3940
1432-1920
DOI:10.1007/BF00588716