A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin, mucous membranes and sclerae (white part of the eye).
- Eyes [exophthalmos (pathologic protrusion of the eyeball from the orbit)]
- Gait [gait disturbances]
- Palpation (palpation)
- Head (bump due tohyperostosis (formation of excess bone tissue) if the meningioma is located in the bony skullcap (rare)).
- Inspection (viewing).
- Ophthalmic examination – including ophthalmoscopy (ophthalmoscopy) of the back of the eye [visual disturbances; papilledema (swelling (edema) at the junction of the optic nerve with the retina (retina), which is noticeable as a protrusion of the optic disc; congestion papilla i. R. bilateral)?]
- ENT medical examination – for dysosmia (olfactory disorders).
- Neurological examination – mandatory with assessment of reflexes, motor function and sensitivity [paresis/paralysis].
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.