Aljohani Hani, Alashkar Abdulrahman H, Aljawash Mohammad A, Kassab Salah A
College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, SAU.
Surgery, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Buraidah, SAU.
Cureus. 2025 Jun 6;17(6):e85470. doi: 10.7759/cureus.85470. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Olfactory groove meningiomas (OGMs) are midline meningiomas of the anterior cranial fossa. They often grow to large sizes before producing symptoms. This, together with the increasing use of neuroimaging, has made diagnosing OGMs incidentally a more likely scenario. Due to the position of OGMs in relation to the frontal lobe, these tumors are likely to cause neuropsychiatric symptoms. In this report, we present a 41-year-old female who was diagnosed with incidental OGM and focus on the patient's perspective; she reported anxiety and frontal headaches only after being diagnosed with the tumor.
嗅沟脑膜瘤(OGMs)是前颅窝的中线脑膜瘤。它们在产生症状之前通常会长得很大。这一点,再加上神经影像学检查的使用日益增多,使得偶然诊断出OGMs的情况更为常见。由于OGMs相对于额叶的位置,这些肿瘤很可能会引起神经精神症状。在本报告中,我们介绍了一名41岁被偶然诊断出OGMs的女性,并着重探讨患者的观点;她在被诊断出患有肿瘤后才报告出现焦虑和额部头痛。