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1: Pediatr Neurosurg. 2008;44(1):9-13. Epub 2007 Dec 14.Click here to read Links

Meningiomas in children.

Greene S, Nair N, Ojemann JG, Ellenbogen RG, Avellino AM.

Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA. Greene1hinz@pol.net

OBJECTIVE: Pediatric meningioma is a rare diagnosis. This retrospective review seeks to elucidate pertinent characteristics of pediatric patients presenting with meningioma. METHODS: The Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center brain tumor database was surveyed from 1940 through 2004. Twenty patients were identified. RESULTS: The median age of the 20 patients was 13 years. Five patients had radiation-induced meningiomas. Five patients had neurofibromatosis type 2. Ten patients had spontaneously arising meningiomas, 2 of which were malignant. CONCLUSION: Patients with spontaneously arising meningiomas were younger than those with identified risk factors. There was no recurrence in patients with radiation-induced meningiomas. The only death occurred in a patient with a malignant meningioma. (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.

PMID: 18097185 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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