Clinical features and surgical outcomes of primary spinal anaplastic meningioma: a cases series and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary spinal anaplastic meningioma (PSAM) is a very rare entity in the spinal canal. Therefore, the clinical features, treatment strategy, and long-term outcomes remain poorly studied.

Case description

Clinical data of six patients with PSAM treated at one single institution were retrospectively analyzed and all previously reported cases in the English literature were reviewed. There were three male and three female patients with a median age of 25 years. The duration of symptoms before initial diagnosis ranged from one week to one year. PSAMs occurred at cervical level in four, cervicothoracic in one and thoracolumbar in one. In addition, PSAMs presented isointensity on T1 weighted imaging (WI), hyperintensity on T2WI, and hetero- or homogeneously marked enhanc

SUBMITTER: Wu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10248570 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature