Eleven times recurrences of a parasagittal falxmeningioma

Abstract

Although meningiomas are of benign character and generally of encapsulated growth, recurrence is a known problem in treatment. The authors present the time course of a recurrent parasagittal meningioma of the falx, which recurred eleven times. Despite modern radiological diagnostic methods, which made early diagnosis of recurrent tumour possible, and the use of modern microsurgical techniques with radical tumour extirpation and followed by radiotherapy, the fatal course of benign tumour disease could not be stopped.

A proposed scheme for the classification and surgical planning of falcine meningioma treatment

“…1,2 FM remain a surgical challenge even in the microsurgical era. 2,3 Subtotal removal is associated with a high rate of recurrence, [4][5][6][7] but achieving radical resection without neurological deficit is not always possible. First, exposure of the deep-seated tumour poses great risks to the adjacent cortex and pyramidal fibres.…”