title: Pediatric cystic meningioma: report of three cases.
abstract: Three cases of pediatric cystic meningioma are reported. In a review of the literature the authors stress the importance and difficulty of accurate preoperative diagnosis. Cystic meningioma in pediatric patients differs from that in adults in the following respects: higher incidence, predilection for males, shorter clinical history, less specific neuroradiological diagnosis, frequent absence of a dural attachment, prevalence of Nauta type II cystic meningioma, and high incidence of the fibroblastic histotype.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Artico
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cervoni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colonnese
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fortuna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology; D005347:Fibroblasts; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome