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Spontaneous regression of a parafalcine meningioma in a multiple sclerosis patient being treated with interferon beta-1a

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Regression of meningioma after haemorrhage and the cessation of hormone treatment is well reported. However, spontaneous regression is very rarely observed. Here, we report the spontaneous regression of a parafalcine meningioma in a 56-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis, who was referred to our department after an incidental finding on magnetic resonance imaging. She was being treated with interferon beta-1a to manage the symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the first report of spontaneous regression of meningioma in a patient receiving interferon beta-1a therapy and just the second report of spontaneous regression in general.

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  1. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK

    Luke Galloway

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-3048-1.

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Galloway, L., Vakili, N. & Spears, J. Spontaneous regression of a parafalcine meningioma in a multiple sclerosis patient being treated with interferon beta-1a. Acta Neurochir 159, 469–471 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-3019-6

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