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Olfactory Groove Meningiomas: Pitfalls and Surgical Technique

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Olfactory groove meningiomas (OGMs) manifest in the midline over the cribriform plate and frontosphenoidal suture. These tumours occupy the floor of anterior cranial fossa, extending all the way from the crista galli to the tuberculum sellae. However, there are some similarities between posteriorly extending OGMs and tuberculum sellae meningiomas (TSMs). The most important feature distinguishing them is the location of the optic nerve in relation to the tumour. OGMs push the chiasm downward and posteriorly as they grow, whereas TSMs elevate the chiasm and displace the optic nerve superolaterally, where the tumour takes up a subchiasmal position.

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  1. Neurosurgical Department - Santa Paula Hospital, São Paulo/ Irmandade Santa Casa, Londrina, Brazil

    Paulo Henrique Pires de Aguiar MD, PhD

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Antonio Nogueira Almeida

  3. Department of Neurosurgery and Surgery, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Apio Claudio Martins Antunes

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de Aguiar, P.H.P., Almeida, A.N., Antunes, A.C.M. (2014). Olfactory Groove Meningiomas: Pitfalls and Surgical Technique. In: Ramina, R., de Aguiar, P., Tatagiba, M. (eds) Samii's Essentials in Neurosurgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54115-5_13

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