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ArticleCureus2022

Assessing the Malignancy Risk of a Meningioma by Its Location.

Luis A Rodríguez-Hernández, Rodrigo Uribe-Pacheco, Michel Mondragon-Soto, Juan Alvaro-Heredia, Ignacio Reyes-Moreno, Humberto Montano-Tello, Guillermo A Gutierrez-Aceves, Vicente Guerrero-Juarez, Elvira Castro-Martinez, Alberto Gonzalez-Aguilar

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Luis A Rodríguez-HernándezNeurosurgery Department, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, MEX.
Rodrigo Uribe-PachecoNeurosurgery Department, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, MEX.
Michel Mondragon-SotoNeurosurgery Department, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico, MEX.
Juan Alvaro-HerediaNeurosurgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery National Institute, Mexico City, MEX.
Ignacio Reyes-MorenoNeuroradiosurgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery National Institute, Mexico City, MEX.
Humberto Montano-TelloNeurosurgery Department, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suárez", Mexico City, MEX.
Guillermo A Gutierrez-AcevesNeuroradiosurgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery National Institute, Mexico City, MEX.
Vicente Guerrero-JuarezNeurology, Neurology and Neurosurgery National Institute, Mexico City, MEX.
Elvira Castro-MartinezNeurosurgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery National Institute, Mexico City, MEX.
Alberto Gonzalez-AguilarNeurosurgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery National Institute, Mexico City, MEX.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMeningiomas represent 30% of primary intracranial tumors. The current incidence is up to 4.5 cases per 100,000 habitants worldwide. Although there is no prognostic difference among benign histopathological subtypes, atypical meningiomas and malignant meningiomas (WHO grade II and III respectively) may extend to the adjacent brain parenchyma, dura mater, and osseous tissue with a recurrence score (21-49%). This manuscript analyzes the malignancy risk according to neoplastic localization through a logistic retrospective analysis from a total sample of 452 patients with grade I, II, and III (WHO) meningiomas.

methodsDetailed data collection through a three-year retrospective analysis (January 2008 to December 2011) was applied at Mexico's National Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute including patients with intracranial or spinal-cord meningioma, preoperative imaging study availability and post-surgical histopathological diagnosis. Formal written consent was not required with a waiver by the appropriate national research ethics committee in accordance with the provisions of the regulations of the general health law of Mexico.

resultsConvexity lesions displayed an increased risk of malignancy turning for non-benign meningiomas with an odds ratio of 3.1 (95% CI 1.6 to 5.7, p=0.0002) meanwhile skull-base meningiomas present an inverse risk with an odds ratio of 0.4 (95% CI 0.2 to 0.9, p=0.02), as well as spinal-cord meningiomas with an odds ratio of 0.3 (95% CI 0.1 to 0.9).

conclusionSkull base and spinal cord meningiomas usually have benign behavior, meanwhile grade II or III meningiomas within this location are rare. The present work provides an additional criterion for decision making, according to the meningioma's location.

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benign tumorsclinical studymalignancymeningiomatumor

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PMCPMC9729066

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