Abstract

TEIXIDOR, P.; GUILLEN, A.; CRUZ, O.  and  COSTA, J.M.. Intracranial meningiomas in children: report of 10 cases. Neurocirugía [online]. 2008, vol.19, n.5, pp.434-439. ISSN 1130-1473.

The occurrence of meningiomas in children is rare, accounting for less than 5% of tumors of the central nervous system in childhood. This is a retrospective study of 10 patients with CNS meningiomas. The goal of this study was to determine the epidemiology, clinical and radiological features, and long-term outcome of meningiomas The results ware compared with those reported in the literature.

Keywords : Meningiomas; Neoplasia; Central nervous system; Pediatric.

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