Surgical Outcome of Treating Grades II and III Meningiomas: A Report of 32 Cases
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Aim. To evaluate the frequency of atypical and malignant meningiomas and analyze recurrence rate; to study the morbidity and mortality of these tumors compared to benign meningiomas. Methods. During 1992-2007, 16 patients with malignant and 16 patients with atypical meningioma were operated in Neurosurgery Department of Thessaloniki's Papanikolaou Hospital. We analyzed tumor histology, location, and extent of surgical resection with respect to tumor reappearance and patients' outcome and compared the behavior of benign versus nonbenign meningiomas. Results. Malignant meningiomas accounted for 4.4% (16 patients) and atypical meningiomas for another 4.4% of the series of patients (353) who were operated for intracranial meningioma at our department that period. Malignant meningiomas recurred at a rate of 75% and atypical meningiomas recurred at a rate of 41.6%. There was a significant association of the histological classification (benign, atypical, and malignant) with recurrence (P < 0.01). The recurrence rate after complete resection was 13.8%. The recurrence rate for incomplete resection was 46.7%. Extent of tumor removal was significant to recurrence (P < 0.001) for benign as well for atypical and malignant meningiomas. Tumor location (P > 0.05) was not significant to recurrence. Conclusions. Atypical and malignant meningiomas appeared at a rate of 8.8% of our series of intracranial meningiomas. They showed a significant predisposition to recur. These rare subtypes have higher morbidity and mortality rates than benign meningiomas. Recurrence depends primarily on the extent of surgical removal and on the histological characterization of the tumor as atypical or malignant.
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دوره 2013 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2013