Metastatic meningioma: a case series and systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumor. While the majority of meningiomas are benign, rarely they can metastasize extracranially. There is a need for a more comprehensive review of these patients to improve our understanding of this rare phenomenon and its prevalence globally. Here we describe our institution's experience of patients presenting with metastatic meningiomas. We further perform a systematic review of the existing literature to explore common features of this rare manifestation of meningioma and review the efficacy of current treatments.

Methods

We performed a retrospective clinical review of all adult patients with metastatic meningioma managed at our institution over the past 20 years, identifying 6 patients. We then performed a

SUBMITTER: Himic V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10542723 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature