Koech F, Orege J, Ndiangui F, Macharia B, Mbaruku N
Department of Neurosurgery, Moi University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 4606-30100, Eldoret 30100, Kenya.
Case Rep Surg. 2013;2013:131962. doi: 10.1155/2013/131962. Epub 2013 Aug 29.
Multiple intracranial meningiomas are a condition where there is more than one meningioma in several intracranial locations in the same patient without signs of neurofibromatosis. Incidence varies from 1 to 10%. The prognosis of multiple intracranial meningioma does not differ from benign solitary meningiomas despite the multiplicity. However, the simultaneous occurrence of different grades of malignancy is observed in one-third of multiple meningiomas. Surgery remains the best option for treatment of symptomatic lesions. Our case review aims to present and discuss a 75-year-old female patient diagnosed with multiple intracranial meningiomas, describing their clinical, radiological, histological characteristics. It also highlights the fact that the patient had two tumours, underwent surgery, and so far has a good quality of life.
多发性颅内脑膜瘤是指在同一患者的多个颅内部位存在不止一个脑膜瘤,且无神经纤维瘤病迹象的一种病症。发病率在1%至10%之间。尽管是多发性的,但多发性颅内脑膜瘤的预后与良性孤立性脑膜瘤并无差异。然而,在三分之一的多发性脑膜瘤中可观察到不同恶性程度的肿瘤同时存在。手术仍然是治疗有症状病变的最佳选择。我们的病例回顾旨在呈现并讨论一名75岁被诊断为多发性颅内脑膜瘤的女性患者,描述其临床、放射学和组织学特征。它还强调了该患者有两个肿瘤,接受了手术,且目前生活质量良好这一事实。