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ArticleJournal of neuro-oncology2017

Clinical features and long-term outcomes of pediatric spinal meningiomas.

Liang Wu, Chenlong Yang, Tie Liu, Jingyi Fang, Jun Yang, Yulun Xu

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Article in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Liang WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 6 Tiantan Xili, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Chenlong YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 6 Tiantan Xili, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Tie LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 6 Tiantan Xili, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Jingyi FangDepartment of Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jun YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 6 Tiantan Xili, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Yulun XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 6 Tiantan Xili, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100050, China. xuhuxi@sina.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric spinal meningiomas are very rare. Most studies on pediatric spinal meningiomas are case reports with literature reviews. This study presented a surgical series of 14 pediatric patients with histologically proven sporadic spinal meningiomas, including 5 WHO grade II tumors. In this series, there were 9 male and 5 female patients with a mean age of 11.1 years. Seven tumors were located in the cervical spine, 5 in the thoracic spine, and 2 in the lumbar spine. Gross total resection (GTR) of the tumor with a well-demarcated dissection plane was achieved in 11 cases, subtotal resection was achieved in 2 cases, and partial resection was performed in 1 case. The symptoms were improved in 10 cases at the last follow-up and the current status of 2 patients worsened and 1 patient had no change compared to the preoperative presentation. One patient died of progressive tumor regrowth after partial resection and adjuvant radiotherapy. The postoperative follow-up magnetic resonance imaging showed tumor recurrence in one of the 11 GTR cases during the mean follow-up period of 72.5 months. Recurrence/regrowth of the residual tumors was observed in both the 2 STR cases. Although pediatric spinal meningiomas have a higher incidence of WHO grade II meningiomas, they are amenable to surgery if it is possible to achieve GTR. A good clinical outcome after GTR can be expected, even for WHO grade II meningiomas. Effect of adjuvant radiochemotherapy for controlling the tumors is still unclear and requires further investigation.

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Treatment OutcomeAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMeningeal NeoplasmsMeningiomaNeurosurgical ProceduresRetrospective StudiesSpinal Cord NeoplasmsPediatric meningiomaPediatric neoplasmsSpinal meningiomaSpinal tumorSurgical resection

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