[A case of deep sylvian meningioma (author's transl)].

So called intracerebral or subcortical meningioma with no relation to the ventricles is extremely rare. In 1938 Cushing and Eisenhardt reported two cases of this type of tumor as "Deep Sylvian Meningiomas" The authors reported a case of "deep sylvian meningioma" because of its rarity and interesting diagnostical questions, and 16 cases reported in the literature were reviewed.