PAEDIATRIC INTRAVENTRICULAR MENINGIOMAS

Paediatric intracranial meningiomas: eight-year experience with 32 cases

Background: The information about paediatric meningiomas is poor. The purpose of this study was to review the clinical characteristic, treatment considerations and prognosis of paediatric meningiomas. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed a series of 32 paediatric patients with meningiomas who received surgical resection at the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University between January 2002 and D...

Wiki Textbook of Paediatric Neurosurgery Intraventricular brain tumors in children

Intraventricular meningiomas: MR imaging and MR spectroscopic findings in two cases.

CT, MR imaging, MR spectroscopy, and angiography were performed in two men (ages 21 and 48, respectively) with intraventricular meningioma. In both cases, CT and MR imaging showed large tumors located in the trigone of the right lateral ventricle that enhanced intensely after contrast administration. MR spectroscopy was helpful in supporting a preoperative diagnosis of meningioma in both cases.

Intraventricular Meningiomas in Adults - Clinical Series and Review of the Literature

Background: Intraventricular meningiomas are rare tumors and pose clinical, radiological, and surgical challenges. Individualized approach helps to establish successful results. Methods: Thirteen patients underwent craniotomy for intraventricular meningioma resection from 1999 to 2007. The mean age was 45 years (23-64), time of presentation between 25 days to three years. There were ten females...

Familial Meningiomas.

The familial occurrence of brain tumours is extremely rare except for neurofibromas in von Recklinghausen's disease and cerebellar haemangioblastomas in Lindau's disease. There have been rare instances of intracranial gliomas, including astrocytomas, medulloblastomas, and oligodendrogliomas, occurring in two or more members of the same family (Munslow and Hill, 1955; Kjellin, Muuller, and Astrb...