title: Meningiomas in childhood and adolescence: a report of 13 cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Meningiomas are relatively uncommon in childhood. They represent 1 to 2% of all intracranial tumours of infancy and childhood. During the last 30-year period, from 1964 to 1993, 13 children with a diagnosis of meningioma were operated on at the Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine. The meningiomas in the paediatric age group were characterized by multiplicity (23%), frequent association with neurofibromatosis (23%), intraventricular location (8%), and the presence of a cystic component in the tumour tissue (23%). These findings in children differ from those in adults. This study constitutes a retrospective analysis of these cases and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Adrian Menderes University School of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bertan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed