meningioma
Sign in to saveAlso known as intracranial meningioma, meningothelial cell tumor, neoplasm of the meninges, supratentorial meningioma, meningioma by site, Meningeal Tumor, Tumor of Meninges, Tumor of the Meninges
Meningioma, also known as meningeal tumor, is typically a slow-growing tumor that forms from the meninges, the membranous layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms depend on the location and occur as a result of the tumor pressing on nearby tissue. Many cases never produce symptoms. Occasionally seizures, dementia, trouble talking, vision problems, one sided weakness, or loss of bladder control may occur.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Meningioma
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Meningeal tumor
- Medical condition (new).image
- Huge Meningioma.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- An MRI of the brain, demonstrating the appearance of a meningioma
- Medical condition (new).field
- Neurosurgery, Neuro-oncology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- None, seizures, dementia, trouble talking, vision problems, one sided weakness
- Medical condition (new).onset
- Adults
- Medical condition (new).types
- WHO Grade 1, 2, or 3
- Medical condition (new).risks
- Ionizing radiation, family history
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Medical imaging
- Medical condition (new).differential
- Haemangiopericytoma, lymphoma, schwannoma, solitary fibrous tumour, metastasis
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Observation, surgery, radiation therapy
- Medical condition (new).medication
- Anticonvulsants, corticosteroids
- Medical condition (new).prognosis
- 95% ten year survival with complete removal
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- c. 1 per 1,000 (US)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
33,396 papers- Meningioma.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2008
- Meningioma: current updates on genetics, classification, and mouse modeling.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2024
- Meningioma genomics: a therapeutic challenge for clinicians.Journal of integrative neuroscience · 2021
- Meningioma mouse models.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2010
- [Convexity hyperostotic meningioma en plaque: a systematic review].Zhurnal voprosy neirokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Contrast enhanced meningioma.jpg
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- Commons category
- Meningioma
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3229
- health specialty
- neurosurgery
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- mifepristone
- exact match
- www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_252025
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- ICD-9-CM
- 239.7
- prevalence
- 0.000707
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes
- Genetics
- Pathophysiology
- Locations
- Diagnosis
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Observation
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Epidemiology
- History
- Notable cases
- References
- External links
Meningioma, also known as meningeal tumor, is typically a slow-growing tumor that forms from the meninges, the membranous layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms depend on the location and occur as a result of the tumor pressing on nearby tissue. Many cases never produce symptoms. Occasionally seizures, dementia, trouble talking, vision problems, one sided weakness, or loss of bladder control may occur.
Risk factors include exposure to ionizing radiation such as during radiation therapy, a family history of the condition, and neurofibromatosis type 2. They appear to be able to form from a number of different types of cells including arachnoid cells. Diagnosis is typically by medical imaging.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “meningioma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.