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Primary skin meningioma

MedGen UID:
235494
•Concept ID:
C1335481
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Primary Cutaneous Meningioma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0024663

Definition

A rare extracranial meningioma that arises from the skin. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPrimary skin meningioma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Trends in treatment of childhood cancer and subsequent primary neoplasm risk.
Cesen Mazic M, Reulen RC, Jazbec J, Zadravec Zaletel L
Radiol Oncol 2022 Aug 14;56(3):380-389. doi: 10.2478/raon-2022-0027. PMID: 35848608Free PMC Article
Temporal Trends in Treatment and Subsequent Neoplasm Risk Among 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer, 1970-2015.
Turcotte LM, Liu Q, Yasui Y, Arnold MA, Hammond S, Howell RM, Smith SA, Weathers RE, Henderson TO, Gibson TM, Leisenring W, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Neglia JP
JAMA 2017 Feb 28;317(8):814-824. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.0693. PMID: 28245323Free PMC Article
Rudimentary meningocele of the skin. Clinicopathologic features and differential diagnosis.
Marrogi AJ, Swanson PE, Kyriakos M, Wick MR
J Cutan Pathol 1991 Jun;18(3):178-88. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1991.tb00150.x. PMID: 1918505

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

An update on the CNS manifestations of brain tumor polyposis syndromes.
Kim B, Tabori U, Hawkins C
Acta Neuropathol 2020 Apr;139(4):703-715. Epub 2020 Jan 22 doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02124-y. PMID: 31970492
Spectrum and risk of neoplasia in Werner syndrome: a systematic review.
Lauper JM, Krause A, Vaughan TL, Monnat RJ Jr
PLoS One 2013;8(4):e59709. Epub 2013 Apr 1 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059709. PMID: 23573208Free PMC Article
Second neoplasms in survivors of childhood cancer: findings from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort.
Meadows AT, Friedman DL, Neglia JP, Mertens AC, Donaldson SS, Stovall M, Hammond S, Yasui Y, Inskip PD
J Clin Oncol 2009 May 10;27(14):2356-62. Epub 2009 Mar 2 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1920. PMID: 19255307Free PMC Article
Primary meningioma of the scalp as a late complication of skull fracture: case report and literature review.
Shaw R, Kissun D, Boyle M, Triantafyllou A
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2004 Jul;33(5):509-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2003.08.007. PMID: 15183418
Fine-needle aspiration of scalp lesions.
Spitz DJ, Reddy V, Selvaggi SM, Kluskens L, Green L, Gattuso P
Diagn Cytopathol 2000 Jul;23(1):35-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0339(200007)23:1<35::aid-dc8>3.0.co;2-6. PMID: 10907930

Diagnosis

Humps and bumps of head: review of meningiomas of the scalp.
Porumb-Andrese E, Costea CF, Macovei G, Dumitrescu GF, Blaj LA, Prutianu I, Cucu AI
Rom J Morphol Embryol 2023 Oct-Dec;64(4):467-473. doi: 10.47162/RJME.64.4.02. PMID: 38184826Free PMC Article
A contemporary and a historical patient with an ectopic meningioma.
Verhoeven V, Vrints I, De Keyser J, Menovsky T, Thiessen F, Tondu T
Acta Chir Belg 2019 Aug;119(4):254-258. Epub 2018 Mar 1 doi: 10.1080/00015458.2018.1438561. PMID: 29490576
Metastatic meningioma of the scalp.
Bhanusali DG, Heath C, Gur D, Miller S
Cutis 2018 May;101(5):386-389. PMID: 29894530
Second neoplasms in survivors of childhood cancer: findings from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort.
Meadows AT, Friedman DL, Neglia JP, Mertens AC, Donaldson SS, Stovall M, Hammond S, Yasui Y, Inskip PD
J Clin Oncol 2009 May 10;27(14):2356-62. Epub 2009 Mar 2 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1920. PMID: 19255307Free PMC Article
Collecting duct meningeal carcinomatosis.
Olivere JW, Cina SJ, Rastogi P, Ro JY
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1999 Jul;123(7):638-41. doi: 10.5858/1999-123-0638-CDMC. PMID: 10388924

Therapy

Aggressive primary scalp lymphoma mimicking an acute epidural hematoma: Case report and review of the literature.
Thibault C, Chibbaro S, Ganau M, Nicolae A, Todeschi J, Mallereau CH
Neurochirurgie 2022 Oct;68(5):e34-e39. Epub 2022 Apr 25 doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2022.03.005. PMID: 35477013
Temporal Trends in Treatment and Subsequent Neoplasm Risk Among 5-Year Survivors of Childhood Cancer, 1970-2015.
Turcotte LM, Liu Q, Yasui Y, Arnold MA, Hammond S, Howell RM, Smith SA, Weathers RE, Henderson TO, Gibson TM, Leisenring W, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Neglia JP
JAMA 2017 Feb 28;317(8):814-824. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.0693. PMID: 28245323Free PMC Article
Radiation-Related New Primary Solid Cancers in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study: Comparative Radiation Dose Response and Modification of Treatment Effects.
Inskip PD, Sigurdson AJ, Veiga L, Bhatti P, Ronckers C, Rajaraman P, Boukheris H, Stovall M, Smith S, Hammond S, Henderson TO, Watt TC, Mertens AC, Leisenring W, Stratton K, Whitton J, Donaldson SS, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Neglia JP
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016 Mar 15;94(4):800-7. Epub 2015 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.11.046. PMID: 26972653Free PMC Article
Second neoplasms in survivors of childhood cancer: findings from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort.
Meadows AT, Friedman DL, Neglia JP, Mertens AC, Donaldson SS, Stovall M, Hammond S, Yasui Y, Inskip PD
J Clin Oncol 2009 May 10;27(14):2356-62. Epub 2009 Mar 2 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1920. PMID: 19255307Free PMC Article
Cerebrospinal fluid-disseminated meningioma.
Chamberlain MC, Glantz MJ
Cancer 2005 Apr 1;103(7):1427-30. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20926. PMID: 15690330

Prognosis

A contemporary and a historical patient with an ectopic meningioma.
Verhoeven V, Vrints I, De Keyser J, Menovsky T, Thiessen F, Tondu T
Acta Chir Belg 2019 Aug;119(4):254-258. Epub 2018 Mar 1 doi: 10.1080/00015458.2018.1438561. PMID: 29490576
Spectrum and risk of neoplasia in Werner syndrome: a systematic review.
Lauper JM, Krause A, Vaughan TL, Monnat RJ Jr
PLoS One 2013;8(4):e59709. Epub 2013 Apr 1 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059709. PMID: 23573208Free PMC Article
Second neoplasms in survivors of childhood cancer: findings from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort.
Meadows AT, Friedman DL, Neglia JP, Mertens AC, Donaldson SS, Stovall M, Hammond S, Yasui Y, Inskip PD
J Clin Oncol 2009 May 10;27(14):2356-62. Epub 2009 Mar 2 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.1920. PMID: 19255307Free PMC Article
Fine-needle aspiration of scalp lesions.
Spitz DJ, Reddy V, Selvaggi SM, Kluskens L, Green L, Gattuso P
Diagn Cytopathol 2000 Jul;23(1):35-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0339(200007)23:1<35::aid-dc8>3.0.co;2-6. PMID: 10907930
Collecting duct meningeal carcinomatosis.
Olivere JW, Cina SJ, Rastogi P, Ro JY
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1999 Jul;123(7):638-41. doi: 10.5858/1999-123-0638-CDMC. PMID: 10388924

Clinical prediction guides

Trends in treatment of childhood cancer and subsequent primary neoplasm risk.
Cesen Mazic M, Reulen RC, Jazbec J, Zadravec Zaletel L
Radiol Oncol 2022 Aug 14;56(3):380-389. doi: 10.2478/raon-2022-0027. PMID: 35848608Free PMC Article
An update on the CNS manifestations of brain tumor polyposis syndromes.
Kim B, Tabori U, Hawkins C
Acta Neuropathol 2020 Apr;139(4):703-715. Epub 2020 Jan 22 doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02124-y. PMID: 31970492
Long-term outcome of adjuvant chemotherapy cyclophosphamide, mitoxantrone, and fluorouracil in women with breast cancer.
Kumpulainen EJ, Hirvikoski PP, Johansson RT
Acta Oncol 2008;47(1):120-3. doi: 10.1080/02841860701518074. PMID: 18097780
Nitric oxide synthase expression and enzymatic activity in human brain tumors.
Broholm H, Rubin I, Kruse A, Braendstrup O, Schmidt K, Skriver EB, Lauritzen M
Clin Neuropathol 2003 Nov-Dec;22(6):273-81. PMID: 14672505
Rudimentary meningocele of the skin. Clinicopathologic features and differential diagnosis.
Marrogi AJ, Swanson PE, Kyriakos M, Wick MR
J Cutan Pathol 1991 Jun;18(3):178-88. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1991.tb00150.x. PMID: 1918505

Recent systematic reviews

Spectrum and risk of neoplasia in Werner syndrome: a systematic review.
Lauper JM, Krause A, Vaughan TL, Monnat RJ Jr
PLoS One 2013;8(4):e59709. Epub 2013 Apr 1 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059709. PMID: 23573208Free PMC Article

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