CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF MENINGIOMA: 10 YEAR EXPERIENCE FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Vipra Malik; RPS Punia; Arvind Malhotra; Vipin Gupta

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF MENINGIOMA: 10 YEAR EXPERIENCE FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Vipra Malik, Rps Punia, Arvind Malhotra, Vipin Gupta

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Meningiomas are neoplasms derived from arachnoidal cap cells in the meningeal coverings of the spinal cord and ain. They constitute one of the most common benign intracranial tumours. MATERIAL AND METHODS: It was a single centre retrospective observational study of 126 cases from 2007 to 2016. RESULTS: Meningiomas accounted for 20.5% of all CNS lesions. Mean age of patients was 47.6 years. Females had higher predilection for meningioma. The most common clinical symptom was headache (38.9%). Cereal convexity was the most favoured site (42.1%). Grade I meningiomas were 85.7%, grade II were 11.9% and grade III were 2.4%. Transitional meningioma was most common variant (53.2%) followed by atypical type (11.1%) and meningothelial type (9.5%). Males were found to have a much higher incidence of grade II meningiomas (7.9%) and grade III meningiomas (2.4%). CONCLUSION: Histological variants of meningioma aid in prognostication and treatment.