TRAUMATIC ORIGIN OF A MENINGIOMA

The case of a 41-year-old pregnant woman is reported who was found dea d in her apartment 5 months after she had suffered a severe head injur y due to a car accident. At autopsy, a meningioma (4 cm in diameter) w as found localized in the right parieto-temporal region which had prob ably caused an epileptic seizure leading to central dysfunction and to death. The criteria concerning the diagnosis of a traumatic meningiom a are discussed. In the present case, a causal connection between a fo rmer head trauma and the development of the tumor had to be refuted.