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Washington University Experience | NEOPLASMS (MENINGIOMA) | Gross Pathology | 10A1 Meningioma (Case 10)

Case 10 History ---- The patient was a 78 year old female with a history of multiple meningiomas by head CT admitted after hip fracture. Following hip surgery she developed small bowel obstruction, metabolic acidosis, fever and septicemia treated with broad spectrum antibiotics. A second surgery determined her anastomosis had leaked and was repaired. Her neurological exam showed major ischemic encephalopathy. She developed renal failure and ARDS and expired. ---- 10A1,2 At autopsy a large olfactory groove meningioma was discovered which compressed the overlying orbital surfaces of the frontal lobes.

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