AMEEJ Outils de lecture

Background: Meningiomas are the most common intracranial primary neoplasms. Seizures are a common manifestation of these tumors (10% to 50%).

Purpose: To present 2 cases of meningioma-related epilepsy and discuss the predictive factors for preoperative and postoperative seizures, their physiopathology and their management.

Case reports: The first patient is a 36-years-old male with a 16 years history of epilepsy revealing an underlying left frontoparietal meningioma which benefited from a Simpson grade 1 surgical resection with a seizure free postoperative outcome. The second patient is a 46-years-old man with a 6 months history of seizures revealing a right parieto-occipital meningioma requiring surgical removal with persistence of seizures on postoperative follow-up

Conclusion: Seizures are a common occurrence both prior to and after meningioma resection, and can have a significant negative impact on patient quality of life. Further efforts are required for better understanding and predicting seizures in meningioma as well as plan their medical treatment.