title: Multiple meningiomas within the spinal canal: case report with 23 tumors.
abstract: In most series of neoplasms of the spinal canal, spinal cord and its leptomeninges, the incidence of meningioma group comprises approximately 25%. The incidence of multiple meningiomas is small when compared with the frequency of its single occurrence. In the majority of cases, their multiplicity is intracranial and spinal. Multiple meningiomas confined exclusively to the spinal canal are extremely rare. We report on a 33 years-old man, with 23 tumors located in the spinal thoracic region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Santa Isabel, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Alberto Gonçalves da
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Maurus Marques de Almeida
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Holanda
authors.forename: Antônio Fernandes de
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Roberto Vieira de
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Mello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery