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Multiple Intracranial Meningiomas: A Review of the Literature and a Case Report

Multiple intracranial meningiomas are a condition where there is more than one meningioma in several intracranial locations in the same patient without signs of neurofibromatosis. Incidence varies from 1 to 10%. The prognosis of multiple intracranial meningioma does not differ from benign solitary m...

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Autores principales: Koech, F., Orege, J., Ndiangui, F., Macharia, B., Mbaruku, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/131962
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Orege, J.
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Macharia, B.
Mbaruku, N.
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description Multiple intracranial meningiomas are a condition where there is more than one meningioma in several intracranial locations in the same patient without signs of neurofibromatosis. Incidence varies from 1 to 10%. The prognosis of multiple intracranial meningioma does not differ from benign solitary meningiomas despite the multiplicity. However, the simultaneous occurrence of different grades of malignancy is observed in one-third of multiple meningiomas. Surgery remains the best option for treatment of symptomatic lesions. Our case review aims to present and discuss a 75-year-old female patient diagnosed with multiple intracranial meningiomas, describing their clinical, radiological, histological characteristics. It also highlights the fact that the patient had two tumours, underwent surgery, and so far has a good quality of life.
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spelling pubmed-37734372013-09-25 Multiple Intracranial Meningiomas: A Review of the Literature and a Case Report Koech, F. Orege, J. Ndiangui, F. Macharia, B. Mbaruku, N. Case Rep Surg Case Report Multiple intracranial meningiomas are a condition where there is more than one meningioma in several intracranial locations in the same patient without signs of neurofibromatosis. Incidence varies from 1 to 10%. The prognosis of multiple intracranial meningioma does not differ from benign solitary meningiomas despite the multiplicity. However, the simultaneous occurrence of different grades of malignancy is observed in one-third of multiple meningiomas. Surgery remains the best option for treatment of symptomatic lesions. Our case review aims to present and discuss a 75-year-old female patient diagnosed with multiple intracranial meningiomas, describing their clinical, radiological, histological characteristics. It also highlights the fact that the patient had two tumours, underwent surgery, and so far has a good quality of life. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3773437/ /pubmed/24069543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/131962 Text en Copyright © 2013 F. Koech et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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