Adicción alcohólica de origen tumoral: meningioma frontal

A clinical case of frontal meningioma is presented. It began with progressive alcohol addiction. The patient, a 53-year-old woman with no personal background of interest, had no known toxic habits and was not receiving any treatment. Three months after her diagnosis, she began to take increasing amounts of alcohol that occasionally led to states of drunkenness. Four months after, due to daytime drowsiness and absence episode that lasted five minutes, she consulted about this situation. The clinical examination with apparatuses was normal. Laboratory analysis showed increase of transaminases with mild megaloblastic anemia. The brain computed tomography (CT) and magnetic nuclear resonance (MRI) showed a mass in the frontal lobe consistent with meningioma that was treated with photon radiosurgery satisfactorily.