Meningeal Tumors in Children

Schut, Luis; Canady, Alexa; Sutton, Leslie N.; Bruce, Derek A.

doi:10.1159/000120790

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“…In autopsy studies 2–3% of the population had an incidental asymptomatic meningioma [3]. On the other hand, meningiomas in children constitute a rare finding, representing approximately 1.5% of all childhood brain tumors [4]. Our data are quite similar, given that we found 8 among 352 children with brain tumors that had a meningioma (2.2%).…”

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Intracranial Meningiomas in Children

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Background/Aims: Meningiomas, although common in adults, are rare in infancy and childhood. We present a single institution experience of children with meningiomas and a comparison of our findings with other published data. Methods: We reviewed the files of 352 children harboring a brain tumor, over a 16-year period. Eight cases of meningioma were verified (2.2%). All patients had been operated on and then had regular follow-up examinations. Results: There were 6 males and 2 females. The most common symptom was seizures. All tumors were intracranial and all patients underwent a gross total resection of the lesion. Six meningiomas were typical, whereas 2 patients had an atypical meningioma. After a mean 7-year follow-up period, all patients were in excellent condition, without evidence of tumor recurrence. Conclusion: Meningiomas, although rare, constitute a challenging problem. Gross total resection should be the goal and when it can be accomplished, the prognosis is excellent.

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“…In contrast to adults, a male predominance has been observed in pediatric series [4, 5]. Likewise, we had a clear male predominance (6 out of 8).…”

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Intracranial Meningiomas in Children

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“…The prognosis in infants with menin giomas is poorly understood therefore, criteria concerning therapeutic management remain vague. Earlier reports of infantile or childhood meningiomas stated that these tumors are biologically aggressive [2,6,7], and authors have occasionally recommended adjuvant radiation based on atypical or malignant histological features [8], Predicting the prognosis for infants with meningioma is difficult because of the unusual biological behavior of the tumor in this age group. When compared with adult meningiomas, it becomes apparent that in infancy these tumors more frequently possess aggressive histological features, although their biologic behavior does not neces sarily correlate with their histopathology.…”

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Infantile Meningioma

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Moran²,

Roth³

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Pediatr Neurosurg

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Childhood meningiomas are unusual, and meningiomas in patients less than 1 year of age are exceedingly rare. We report a case of a meningioma with malignant histologic features in a 6-month-old child who has had an excellent postoperative course. The pathologic features in relation to prognosis, as well as the magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of the case are presented. The litrature is reviewed and implications for therapeutic management are discussed.

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“…In children, however, the female predisposition is not observed. In fact, there is a slight male preponderance before puberty [1, 25, 33, 34]. In the present case, the patient was a 20-month-old female with an intradural spinal meningioma, a fact rarely found in the literature.…”

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Intradural Spinal Meningioma in a 20-Month-Old Female

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Meningiomas in children account for less than 2% of all meningiomas, and their location in the spinal region is even less common. The authors present a case of a 20-month-old female who presented with lumbar back pain, neurogenic bladder and progressive paraparesis 6 months after she started to walk. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an intradural extramedullary neoplasm extending from the tenth thoracic vertebra to the third lumbar vertebra. Complete excision of the tumor was performed by means of laminoplasty and the patient had a satisfactory postoperative recovery. Pathology and immunohistochemical studies diagnosed psammomatous meningioma.

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Meningeal Tumors in Children

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Intracranial Meningiomas in Children

Intracranial Meningiomas in Children

Infantile Meningioma

Intradural Spinal Meningioma in a 20-Month-Old Female

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