-We present a rare case of cavernous angioma of the cauda equina and review the eleven cases available in the literature. A 44-year-old woman presented with low back pain and sciatica associated with bowel and bladder dysfunction and motor weakness of the lower extremity. The MRI revealed an enhancing, heterogeneous and hyperintense intradural lesion compressing the cauda equina roots at the L4 level. Laminectomy at L3-L4 and total removal of the tumor were performed without additional neurological deficit. Pathology revealed a cavernous angioma.The literature, clinical presentation, technical examinations, and treatment are reviewed.KEY WORDS: cavernous angioma, cauda equina, cavernoma. Angioma cavernoso de cauda equina: relato de casoRESUMO -Relatamos um caso de angioma cavernoso de cauda equina em mulher de 44 anos de idade com sintomas de lombociatalgia associada a fraqueza de membros inferiores e disfunção esfincteriana vesical e anal. Exame de ressonância magnética evidenciou lesão expansiva intradural heterogênea e hiperintensa na cauda eqüina. Indicado tratamento cirúrgico com remoção completa através de laminectomia L3 e L4. O exame anatomopatológico foi compatível com angioma cavernoso. Os onze casos encontrados na literatura são revisados correlacionando a apresentação clínica, tratamento proposto e prognóstico.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: angioma cavernoso, cauda eqüina, cavernoma.

-Intracranial meningiomas continue to challenge our best clinical efforts to eliminate them once discovered and deemed appropriate for treatment. Malignant meningiomas constitute 10% to 15% of all meningiomas and limited information exists regarding adjuvant treatment. The external whole brain irradiation is recommended. Traditional chemotherapy has proven ineffective; thus, new chemotherapeutic agents and new methods of delivery should be developed. Immunotherapy may be considered for patients with malignant meningiomas when all others previous treatment have failed. We report a case of anaplastic papillary meningioma. A 67-year-old man presented with partial complex seizures, headache and aggressiveness. A computerized tomography and magnetic resonance image demonstrated a large left temporo-occipital mass with difuse contrast enhancement and extensive surrounding edema. A left temporo-occipital flap was performed. The tumor and the infiltrated dura were radically removed. Postoperatively, the patient remained neurologically intact. The treatment was complemented by external whole brain radiation.KEY WORDS: papillary meningioma, pathology, radiotherapy, chemotherapy. Meningioma anaplásico: relato de casoRESUMO -O tratamento adequado para os pacientes com meningiomas intracranianos continua sendo um desafio, principalmente o de sua variante maligna, a qual tem incidência de 10% a 15%, sem uma certeza do melhor tratamento adjuvante. É indicado o uso da radioterapia externa holocraniana. O uso da quimioterapia tradicional se mostra ineficaz, havendo necessidade de estudos para desenvolver outros agentes quimioterápicos e novos métodos de administração desses agentes no tumor cerebral. A imunoterapia pode ser considerada para os casos de refratariedade aos outros tratamentos adjuvantes. Relatamos o caso de um paciente de 67 anos, com história progressiva de cefaléia, crises convulsivas parciais complexas e agressividade. A investigação radiológica com tomografia computadorizada e ressonância magnética evidenciaram um processo expansivo na região temporoccipital esquerda com contrastação difusa e edema peritumoral importante. Foi realizada craniotomia frontoparietotemporal esquerda com remoção radical da dura-máter infiltrada e do tumor. O paciente evoluiu sem déficit neurológico no pós-operatório. O exame anatomopatológico foi compatível com meningioma maligno do tipo papilar. Foi instituído tratamento complementar com radioterapia externa holocraniana.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: meningeoma papilar, patologia, radioterapia, quimioterapia. Meningioma, one of the most common types of brain tumors in adults, remains a clinical problem yet to be solved by neurologist, neurosurgeons and oncologists. Meningiomas constitute 15% to 20% of all primary brain tumor and 10% to 15% of all meningioma are considered malignant 1,2 . These tumors will recur after standard therapies of surgical excision, radiation therapy, radiosurgical techniques, and chemotherapy 1,3-6 .We report a case of papillary meningioma, considered be analast...

To evaluate using transcription analysis the presence and importance of two genes: NM23-H1 and TIMP-1 on control of tumor cell invasion in diffuse astrocytomas (WHO II) and glioblastoma multiforme (WHO IV). Method: N o rt h e rn Blot analysis of NM23-H1 and TIMP-1 was performed. Eight diffuse astrocytomas and nineteen glioblastomas (WHO IV) were analyzed to det e rmine if TIMP-1 and NM23-H1 were candidates to inhibition of tumor cell invasion quantitated RNA levels. The samples were collected directly from operating room. Total cellular RNA was extracted from frozen tissue samples using guanidinium-isothiocyanate and cesium chloride gradients. Total RNA (10µl per sample) from tumor tissue were size fractionated through 1% a g a ro s e-f o rmaldehyde gels and transferred to nylon filters and then hybridized to 32 P-labeled DNA probes