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The histopathological spectrum of meningeal neoplasms
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Nitin Maheshvar Gadgil
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Sangita Ramulu Margam
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Chetan Sudhakar Chaudhari
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Prashant Vijay Kumavat
Background: Meningiomas are slow-growing and benign tumor of the meninges, which line the skull and enclose the brain.
Methods: We have studied 324 cases of meningeal lesions (clinically diagnosed and histologically proved) in Department of Pathology of a tertiary care hospital. We evaluated its frequency, age and sex distribution and documented as per the WHO histological grade of meningioma.
Results: The commonest age group affected was 41-60 years. Female predominance was seen. Headache being most common symptom with commonest site was intracranial (88.2%). The meningeal lesions consisted of meningioma (96.6%) and non-meningioma lesions (3.4%). The commonest histopathological type of mengioma was transitional (24.2%) followed by meningotheliomatous (22.8%). The 85.6% of the meningioma was WHO Grade I tumor. For WHO Grade II meningiomas, mitotic figures and high cellularity was helpful to diagnose the tumors. The non-meningioma lesions included hemangiopericytoma, solitary fibrous tumor, malignant melanoma and metastasis by carcinoma breast, lung and thyroid.
Conclusion: From our study, we can conclude that benign meningiomas WHO grade I are most common. Intracranial location is the most common for meningioma. Middle-aged group of 41–60 years was predominently affected and it is uncommon in children.
Keywords: Meningeal neoplasms, Meningioma, WHO grade
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Gadgil NM, Margam SR, Chaudhari CS, Kumavat PV. The histopathological spectrum of meningeal neoplasms [Internet]. Indian J Pathol Oncol. 2016 [cited 2025 Nov 06];3(3):432-436. Available from: https://doi.org/
APA
Gadgil, N. M., Margam, S. R., Chaudhari, C. S., Kumavat, P. V. (2016). The histopathological spectrum of meningeal neoplasms. Indian J Pathol Oncol, 3(3), 432-436. https://doi.org/
MLA
Gadgil, Nitin Maheshvar, Margam, Sangita Ramulu, Chaudhari, Chetan Sudhakar, Kumavat, Prashant Vijay. "The histopathological spectrum of meningeal neoplasms." Indian J Pathol Oncol, vol. 3, no. 3, 2016, pp. 432-436. https://doi.org/
Chicago
Gadgil, N. M., Margam, S. R., Chaudhari, C. S., Kumavat, P. V.. "The histopathological spectrum of meningeal neoplasms." Indian J Pathol Oncol 3, no. 3 (2016): 432-436. https://doi.org/