Meningiomas

Symptoms

A meningioma can cause various symptoms because it can directly press on brain tissue, damaging or destroying areas responsible for sight, movement, balance, speech, hearing, memory or behavior.

Diagnosis is made difficult by the fact that brain tumor signs and symptoms initially may be vague and can come and go and other diseases can cause similar signs and symptoms.

Signs and symptoms can include:

• Headaches
• Problems with memory, concentration and/or forming words
• Personality changes
• Vision problems (blurred or double vision, loss of peripheral vision)
• Gradual loss of sensation or movement in an arm or leg
• Loss of balance or hearing
• Difficulty swallowing
• Drowsiness
• Seizures
• Decreased sense of smell