Cerebral meningiomas in children

Ferrante, Luigi; Acqui, Michele; Artico, Marco; Mastronardi, Luciano; Rocchi, G; Fortuna, Aldo

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“…In our series the mean age was 41.6 years whereas the mean age reported for the other series varied from 20 to 60 years 2,4,10,13,23 . Though in children meningiomas constitute only 1-4% of all intracranial tumours, an intraventricular location was found in 9.4%-19% 12,15,23,26,29 .…”

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Meningiomas of the lateral ventricles. A review of 10 cases

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SummaryBackground. Intraventricular meningiomas are rare tumours that represent about 2% of all intracranial meningiomas, and represent one of the most challenging problems in neurosurgery. They are located deep within the brain and often are sizable and highly vascular. We report on a series of 10 meningiomas of the lateral ventricles treated at our institution during the last 28 years.Patients. Ten patients (6 women, 4 men; mean age 41.6 yrs) were admitted to our medical center between 1978-2005 with meningioma of the lateral ventricles. Headache was the first symptom in 8 cases and ocular signs were present in 5 patients.Results. Seven tumours were located in the right ventricle (70%) ranging in size from 2-8 cm, with 7 tumours larger than 3 cm in diameter. Nine patients underwent surgery with total excision in 8 cases and subtotal in the other; the remaining patient only received radiosurgery.Conclusions. Total resection is the gold standard for treatment which was possible in all but one of the cases undergoing surgery. Resultados. El síntoma de debut fue la cefalea en 8 casos y en 5 pacientes existían alteraciones oculares. Siete tumores estaban localizados en el ventrículo derecho (70%) con un tamaño que oscilaba entre 2 y 8 cm.; 7 tumores tenían más de 3 cm. de diámetro. Se intervino quirúrgicamente a 9 pacientes consiguiéndose una extirpación completa en 8 casos y subtotal en el otro; el paciente restante fue tratado mediante radiocirugía estereotáctica.Conclusiones. La resección completa es el tratamiento idóneo en los meningiomas intracraneales, que exceptuando un caso fue posible en todos nuestros pacientes operados.PALABRAS CLAVE: Abordajes quirúrgicos. Meningioma intraventricular. Tratamiento quirúrgico. Tumor cerebral. Ventrículo lateral.

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“…Os meningeomas intraventriculares em criança diferem dos do adulto pelo fato de ocorrerem mais freqüentemente no sexo masculino, especialmente em crianças menores de 11 anos de idade 1,2,3,5,[8][9][10][11][12] .…”

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Arq Bras Neurocir

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RESUMO KEYWORDS Meningioma. Third ventricle tumor. Pediatric neurosurgery.* Professor Titular de Neurocirurgia. ** Neuropediatra. *** Neurocirurgião. **** Acadêmico de Medicina. Neurocir 20(1-2): 8-11, 2001 Introdução Os meningeomas são tumores benignos das meninges, constituindo cerca de 10% a 15% dos tumores intracranianos 1,3,7,9 e tendo as mais variadas localizações, sendo mais freqüentes nas meninges corticais, foice do cérebro, seio longitudinal e ao nível da asa do esfenóide. Uma das localizações mais raras é no sistema ventricular, onde se localizam apenas 1,5% a 2% dos meningeomas, e no terceiro ventrículo ocorrem somente 15% desses 2,3,6,10,11,14,16,17 . Há incidência preferencial no sexo feminino e, quanto menor a idade menor é a freqüência; na população infantil, os meningeomas constituem apenas 1,5% a 2,5% dos tumores intracranianos 1,2,3,7,10,11,16 . Se considerarmos meningeoma do sistema ventricular, com localização no terceiro ventrículo e em criança, veremos a raridade do caso ora relatado. Até o momento, menos de 20 casos foram relatados na literatura mundial. Arq Bras

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“…Em grandes séries compreendem aproximadamente 20% de tumores intracranianos operados 10 . Acometem adultos de qualquer idade, embora raramente afetem também crianças [24][25][26][27] .…”

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Meningiomas supratentoriais: diagnóstico, resultados cirúrgicos e complicações

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Córdoba

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Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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-Meningiomas are benign tumors arisising from arachnoid cells and represent the commonest asymptomatic intracranial tumors. We analysed 69 supratentorial meningiomas managed by the Neurosurgical Tumor Group of the Clinics Hospital of Medicine School of São Paulo University (September 1995 to September 1997. Age, sex, edema degree, tumor site, surgical complications and mortality were studied. Edema degree was defined by radiological methods (CT and MRI). Forty-seven patients were women and average age was 58 years. Type II of edema degree was predominant (38.7%). Twenty-nine patients had parasagital meningiomas and 40 presented convexity tumors. Simpson I resection was obtained in 48 procedures, II in 18 and III in two surgical removals. Nine cases complicated (transitory deficits, 6; permanent deficit, 1; and infection, 2). Death occurred in two patients. Morbity and mortality had relation with age, falx tumors and attempt of radical surgical removal. Edema degree did not modify mortality and morbity rates.KEY WORDS: supratentorial meninigiomas, surgery, brain edema, venous sinus.Os meningiomas são tumores originados de células das vilosidades aracnóideas e constituem os tumores intracranianos assintomáticos mais comuns. Representam cerca de 13-18% dos tumores intracranianos primitivos 1,2 , atingindo mais frequentemente indivíduos com idade entre 20 e 60 anos e acomentendo principalmente o sexo feminino. 3

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Cerebral meningiomas in children

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Meningiomas of the lateral ventricles. A review of 10 cases

Meningiomas of the lateral ventricles. A review of 10 cases

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