Multiple meningiomas within the spinal canal: case report with 23 tumors.
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.
Silva
José Alberto Gonçalves da
JA
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Santa Isabel, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
Holanda
Maurus Marques de Almeida
MM
Araújo
Antônio Fernandes de
AF
Mello
Roberto Vieira de
RV
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