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Intracranial meningioma

MedGen UID:
83891
•Concept ID:
C0349604
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Brain meningioma
SNOMED CT: Intracranial meningioma (302820008); Meningioma of brain (302820008); Cranial meningioma (302820008)
 
HPO: HP:0100009
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0850302

Definition

A meningioma that arises within the cranial cavity. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical characteristics and management differences for grade II and III spinal meningiomas.
Krauss WE, Yolcu YU, Alvi MA, Moinuddin FM, Goyal A, Clarke MJ, Marsh WR, Bydon M
J Neurooncol 2021 Jun;153(2):313-320. Epub 2021 May 10 doi: 10.1007/s11060-021-03771-1. PMID: 33973145
Management strategies and clinical follow-up of pregnant women with intracranial meningioma.
Dumitru AE, Panaitescu A, Iancu G, Paslaru FG, Paslaru AC, Gorgan RM, Peltecu G
J Med Life 2021 Jan-Mar;14(1):2-6. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0012. PMID: 33767778Free PMC Article
The role of chemotherapy and targeted therapy in the treatment of intracranial meningioma.
Chamberlain MC
Curr Opin Oncol 2012 Nov;24(6):666-71. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e328356364d. PMID: 22759739

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Surgical strategies for intracranial meningioma in the molecular era.
Dincer A, Morales-Valero SF, Robert SM, Tabor JK, O'Brien J, Yalcin K, Fulbright RK, Erson-Omay Z, Dunn IF, Moliterno J
J Neurooncol 2023 Apr;162(2):253-265. Epub 2023 Apr 3 doi: 10.1007/s11060-023-04272-z. PMID: 37010677Free PMC Article
Radiological Differentiation Between Intracranial Meningioma and Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma: A Systematic Literature Review.
El-Abtah ME, Murayi R, Lee J, Recinos PF, Kshettry VR
World Neurosurg 2023 Feb;170:68-83. Epub 2022 Nov 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.11.062. PMID: 36403933
Management strategies and clinical follow-up of pregnant women with intracranial meningioma.
Dumitru AE, Panaitescu A, Iancu G, Paslaru FG, Paslaru AC, Gorgan RM, Peltecu G
J Med Life 2021 Jan-Mar;14(1):2-6. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0012. PMID: 33767778Free PMC Article
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Meningioma.
Flannery T, Poots J
Prog Neurol Surg 2019;34:91-99. Epub 2019 May 16 doi: 10.1159/000493054. PMID: 31096250
Pre-operative intracranial meningioma embolization.
Ellis JA, D'Amico R, Sisti MB, Bruce JN, McKhann GM, Lavine SD, Meyers PM, Strozyk D
Expert Rev Neurother 2011 Apr;11(4):545-56. doi: 10.1586/ern.11.29. PMID: 21469927

Diagnosis

Radiological Differentiation Between Intracranial Meningioma and Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma: A Systematic Literature Review.
El-Abtah ME, Murayi R, Lee J, Recinos PF, Kshettry VR
World Neurosurg 2023 Feb;170:68-83. Epub 2022 Nov 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.11.062. PMID: 36403933
Management strategies and clinical follow-up of pregnant women with intracranial meningioma.
Dumitru AE, Panaitescu A, Iancu G, Paslaru FG, Paslaru AC, Gorgan RM, Peltecu G
J Med Life 2021 Jan-Mar;14(1):2-6. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0012. PMID: 33767778Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of intracranial meningioma.
Claus EB, Bondy ML, Schildkraut JM, Wiemels JL, Wrensch M, Black PM
Neurosurgery 2005 Dec;57(6):1088-95; discussion 1088-95. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000188281.91351.b9. PMID: 16331155
Cystic meningiomas.
Fortuna A, Ferrante L, Acqui M, Guglielmi G, Mastronardi L
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1988;90(1-2):23-30. doi: 10.1007/BF01541262. PMID: 3344623
Meningioma cysts.
Worthington C, Caron JL, Melanson D, Leblanc R
Neurology 1985 Dec;35(12):1720-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.35.12.1720. PMID: 4069363

Therapy

Use of progestogens and the risk of intracranial meningioma: national case-control study.
Roland N, Neumann A, Hoisnard L, Duranteau L, Froelich S, Zureik M, Weill A
BMJ 2024 Mar 27;384:e078078. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078078. PMID: 38537944Free PMC Article
High-Value Care Outcomes of Meningiomas.
Jimenez AE, Mukherjee D
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2023 Jul;34(3):493-504. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2023.02.016. PMID: 37210137
Radiosurgery for intracranial meningiomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pinzi V, Biagioli E, Roberto A, Galli F, Rizzi M, Chiappa F, Brenna G, Fariselli L, Floriani I
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2017 May;113:122-134. Epub 2017 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.03.005. PMID: 28427502
Intracranial meningiomas and seizures: a review of the literature.
Xue H, Sveinsson O, Tomson T, Mathiesen T
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2015 Sep;157(9):1541-8. Epub 2015 Jul 11 doi: 10.1007/s00701-015-2495-4. PMID: 26163256
The role of chemotherapy and targeted therapy in the treatment of intracranial meningioma.
Chamberlain MC
Curr Opin Oncol 2012 Nov;24(6):666-71. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e328356364d. PMID: 22759739

Prognosis

High-Value Care Outcomes of Meningiomas.
Jimenez AE, Mukherjee D
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2023 Jul;34(3):493-504. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2023.02.016. PMID: 37210137
Surgical strategies for intracranial meningioma in the molecular era.
Dincer A, Morales-Valero SF, Robert SM, Tabor JK, O'Brien J, Yalcin K, Fulbright RK, Erson-Omay Z, Dunn IF, Moliterno J
J Neurooncol 2023 Apr;162(2):253-265. Epub 2023 Apr 3 doi: 10.1007/s11060-023-04272-z. PMID: 37010677Free PMC Article
Healthcare utilization and costs among intracranial meningioma patients during long-term follow-up.
Huynh KA, Coopmans EC, Zamanipoor Najafabadi AH, Dirven L, Peerdeman SM, Biermasz NR, Verstegen MJT, van Furth WR; Dutch Meningioma Consortium
J Neurooncol 2023 Jan;161(2):357-370. Epub 2023 Jan 10 doi: 10.1007/s11060-022-04223-0. PMID: 36626042Free PMC Article
Management strategies and clinical follow-up of pregnant women with intracranial meningioma.
Dumitru AE, Panaitescu A, Iancu G, Paslaru FG, Paslaru AC, Gorgan RM, Peltecu G
J Med Life 2021 Jan-Mar;14(1):2-6. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0012. PMID: 33767778Free PMC Article
Outcome of elderly patients undergoing intracranial meningioma resection--a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Poon MT, Fung LH, Pu JK, Leung GK
Br J Neurosurg 2014 Jun;28(3):303-9. Epub 2013 Sep 27 doi: 10.3109/02688697.2013.841857. PMID: 24073759

Clinical prediction guides

Use of progestogens and the risk of intracranial meningioma: national case-control study.
Roland N, Neumann A, Hoisnard L, Duranteau L, Froelich S, Zureik M, Weill A
BMJ 2024 Mar 27;384:e078078. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078078. PMID: 38537944Free PMC Article
Surgical strategies for intracranial meningioma in the molecular era.
Dincer A, Morales-Valero SF, Robert SM, Tabor JK, O'Brien J, Yalcin K, Fulbright RK, Erson-Omay Z, Dunn IF, Moliterno J
J Neurooncol 2023 Apr;162(2):253-265. Epub 2023 Apr 3 doi: 10.1007/s11060-023-04272-z. PMID: 37010677Free PMC Article
Management strategies and clinical follow-up of pregnant women with intracranial meningioma.
Dumitru AE, Panaitescu A, Iancu G, Paslaru FG, Paslaru AC, Gorgan RM, Peltecu G
J Med Life 2021 Jan-Mar;14(1):2-6. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0012. PMID: 33767778Free PMC Article
Intracranial meningioma and concomitant cavernous malformation: A series description and review of the literature.
Missori P, Peschillo S, Ambrosone A, Martini S, Rastelli E, Mancarella C, Vigliotta M, Paolini S
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2020 Oct;197:106167. Epub 2020 Aug 22 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106167. PMID: 32861039
Meningioma cysts.
Worthington C, Caron JL, Melanson D, Leblanc R
Neurology 1985 Dec;35(12):1720-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.35.12.1720. PMID: 4069363

Recent systematic reviews

Associations of race and socioeconomic status with outcomes after intracranial meningioma resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lei H, Tabor JK, O'Brien J, Qin R, Pappajohn AF, Chavez MAM, Morales-Valero SF, Moliterno J
J Neurooncol 2023 Jul;163(3):529-539. Epub 2023 Jul 13 doi: 10.1007/s11060-023-04393-5. PMID: 37440095
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of tranexamic acid in surgical procedure for intracranial meningioma.
Wijaya JH, July J, Quintero-Consuegra M, Chadid DP
J Neurooncol 2023 Jan;161(2):383-393. Epub 2023 Jan 12 doi: 10.1007/s11060-023-04237-2. PMID: 36633801
Radiological Differentiation Between Intracranial Meningioma and Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma: A Systematic Literature Review.
El-Abtah ME, Murayi R, Lee J, Recinos PF, Kshettry VR
World Neurosurg 2023 Feb;170:68-83. Epub 2022 Nov 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.11.062. PMID: 36403933
Radiosurgery for intracranial meningiomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pinzi V, Biagioli E, Roberto A, Galli F, Rizzi M, Chiappa F, Brenna G, Fariselli L, Floriani I
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2017 May;113:122-134. Epub 2017 Mar 12 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.03.005. PMID: 28427502
Outcome of elderly patients undergoing intracranial meningioma resection--a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Poon MT, Fung LH, Pu JK, Leung GK
Br J Neurosurg 2014 Jun;28(3):303-9. Epub 2013 Sep 27 doi: 10.3109/02688697.2013.841857. PMID: 24073759

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