title: Cystic meningioma: report of three patients.
abstract: Three patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computed tomographic scans or magnetic resonance images of these tumors resembled those of a glial or metastatic tumor with cystic or necrotic changes. There is no definitive method for preoperatively differentiating cystic meningiomas from the more common malignant glioma. Angiographic evaluation and collaboration with a neuropathologist are important for the recognition of these potentially curable neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Odake
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed