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  • Title: Meningiomas in children.
    Author: Greene S, Nair N, Ojemann JG, Ellenbogen RG, Avellino AM.
    Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg; 2008; 44(1):9-13. PubMed ID: 18097185.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Pediatric meningioma is a rare diagnosis. This retrospective review seeks to elucidate pertinent characteristics of pediatric patients presenting with meningioma. METHODS: The Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center brain tumor database was surveyed from 1940 through 2004. Twenty patients were identified. RESULTS: The median age of the 20 patients was 13 years. Five patients had radiation-induced meningiomas. Five patients had neurofibromatosis type 2. Ten patients had spontaneously arising meningiomas, 2 of which were malignant. CONCLUSION: Patients with spontaneously arising meningiomas were younger than those with identified risk factors. There was no recurrence in patients with radiation-induced meningiomas. The only death occurred in a patient with a malignant meningioma.
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