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Cervical spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma

MedGen UID:
272451
•Concept ID:
C1332916
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cervical Intraspinal Meningioma; cervical intraspinal meningioma; Cervical Spinal Canal and Spinal Cord Meningioma; cervical spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma; Meningioma of Cervical Spinal Canal and Spinal Cord; meningioma of cervical spinal canal and spinal cord; Meningioma of the Cervical Spinal Canal and Spinal Cord; meningioma of the cervical spinal canal and spinal cord
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004396

Definition

A meningioma that arises from the meninges of the cervical region of the spinal cord. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCervical spinal canal and spinal cord meningioma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Proton therapy for treatment of intracranial benign tumors in adults: A systematic review.
Lesueur P, Calugaru V, Nauraye C, Stefan D, Cao K, Emery E, Reznik Y, Habrand JL, Tessonnier T, Chaikh A, Balosso J, Thariat J
Cancer Treat Rev 2019 Jan;72:56-64. Epub 2018 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2018.11.004. PMID: 30530009

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lateral cervical approach for ventrally located upper cervical meningioma: experience of 14 cases with a narrative comparison with other surgical techniques.
Ayyad A, Alhoobi M, Kockro R, Shaaban A, Kessel G, Kanaan T, Dumour E, Hammadi F, Abu Jarir R, Al-Salihi MM
Int J Neurosci 2024 Jun;134(3):292-300. Epub 2022 Jul 15 doi: 10.1080/00207454.2022.2100779. PMID: 35815394
How I do it: lateral approach for craniocervical junction tumors.
Rossmann T, Veldeman M, Nurminen V, Lehecka M
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2023 May;165(5):1315-1322. Epub 2022 Nov 25 doi: 10.1007/s00701-022-05426-0. PMID: 36434269
Primary intraspinal benign tumors treated surgically: an analysis from China.
Xia LL, Tang J, Huang SL
Br J Neurosurg 2021 Oct;35(5):603-606. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1923648. PMID: 34085892
Clinical features and surgical outcomes of spinal clear cell meningioma: An institutional experience.
Wu L, Fang J, Yang J, Jia W, Xu Y
J Clin Neurosci 2019 Nov;69:55-60. Epub 2019 Aug 12 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.08.037. PMID: 31416737
Imaging Appearances and Pathologic Characteristics of Spinal Epidural Meningioma.
Zhang LH, Yuan HS
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018 Jan;39(1):199-204. Epub 2017 Oct 19 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5414. PMID: 29051204Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of Spinal Canal: Brief Case Report.
Bryl M, Fortuniak J, Wiśniewski K, Bobeff EJ, Jin Y, Papierz W, Jaskólski DJ
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2020 May;81(3):264-270. Epub 2020 Jan 21 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-3400756. PMID: 31962352
Clinical features and surgical outcomes of spinal clear cell meningioma: An institutional experience.
Wu L, Fang J, Yang J, Jia W, Xu Y
J Clin Neurosci 2019 Nov;69:55-60. Epub 2019 Aug 12 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.08.037. PMID: 31416737
Tuberculoma of the cervical spinal canal mimicking en plaque meningioma.
Mirzai H
J Spinal Disord Tech 2005 Apr;18(2):197-9. doi: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000164733.32529.73. PMID: 15800442
Malignant metastasizing angioblastic meningiomas.
Palacios E, Azar-Kia B
J Neurosurg 1975 Feb;42(2):185-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1975.42.2.0185. PMID: 1167579
ELUSIVE TUMOURS IN THE CERVICAL SPINAL CANAL.
DUBOULAY GH, MACDONALD JS
Br J Radiol 1964 Jun;37:465-8. doi: 10.1259/0007-1285-37-438-465. PMID: 14168495

Therapy

Proton therapy for treatment of intracranial benign tumors in adults: A systematic review.
Lesueur P, Calugaru V, Nauraye C, Stefan D, Cao K, Emery E, Reznik Y, Habrand JL, Tessonnier T, Chaikh A, Balosso J, Thariat J
Cancer Treat Rev 2019 Jan;72:56-64. Epub 2018 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2018.11.004. PMID: 30530009
Surgery for ventral intradural thoracic spinal tumors with a posterolateral transpedicular approach.
Ito K, Aoyama T, Miyaoka Y, Seguchi T, Horiuchi T, Hongo K
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2016 Aug;158(8):1563-9. Epub 2016 Jun 11 doi: 10.1007/s00701-016-2864-7. PMID: 27290663
Surgical approaches: postoperative care and complications "posterolateral-far lateral transcondylar approach to the ventral foramen magnum and upper cervical spinal canal".
Menezes AH
Childs Nerv Syst 2008 Oct;24(10):1203-7. Epub 2008 Mar 26 doi: 10.1007/s00381-008-0597-5. PMID: 18365213
Progressive cervical myelopathy secondary to chronic ventriculoperitoneal CSF overshunting.
Wingerchuk DM, Patel NP, Patel AC, Dodick DW, Nelson KD
Neurology 2005 Jul 12;65(1):171-2. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000167289.14203.34. PMID: 16009919

Prognosis

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of Spinal Canal: Brief Case Report.
Bryl M, Fortuniak J, Wiśniewski K, Bobeff EJ, Jin Y, Papierz W, Jaskólski DJ
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2020 May;81(3):264-270. Epub 2020 Jan 21 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-3400756. PMID: 31962352
Spinal meningioma: relationship between histological subtypes and surgical outcome?
Schaller B
J Neurooncol 2005 Nov;75(2):157-61. doi: 10.1007/s11060-005-1469-4. PMID: 16132511
Microsurgical resection of tumors lateroventral and ventral to the high cervical spinal cord.
Lei P, Wu Y, Li ZY, Wang Y
Chin Med J (Engl) 2005 May 20;118(10):828-32. PMID: 15989763
Spinal epidural en-plaque meningioma with an unusual pattern of calcification in a 14-year-old girl: case report and review of the literature.
Messori A, Rychlicki F, Salvolini U
Neuroradiology 2002 Mar;44(3):256-60. doi: 10.1007/s00234-001-0709-3. PMID: 11942384
Unusual appearance of an en plaque meningioma of the cervical spinal canal. A case report and literature review.
Gamache FW Jr, Wang JC, Deck M, Heise C
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2001 Mar 1;26(5):E87-9. doi: 10.1097/00007632-200103010-00004. PMID: 11320982

Clinical prediction guides

Lumbar intraspinal microcystic/reticular schwannoma: Case report and literature review.
Liu C, Yan L, Liu Q, Li J, Jin H, Wang J, Deng Y
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Sep;97(39):e12474. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000012474. PMID: 30278533Free PMC Article
Intradural extramedullary mass formation in spinal cord sarcoidosis: case report and literature review.
Hamasaki T, Noda M, Kamei N, Yamamoto S, Ochi M, Yasunaga Y
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2003 Oct 15;28(20):E420-3. doi: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000092350.98393.02. PMID: 14560097
Primary extradural meningiomas: a report on nine cases and review of the literature from the era of computerized tomography scanning.
Lang FF, Macdonald OK, Fuller GN, DeMonte F
J Neurosurg 2000 Dec;93(6):940-50. doi: 10.3171/jns.2000.93.6.0940. PMID: 11117866
Surgical results for meningiomas of the craniocervical junction.
Samii M, Klekamp J, Carvalho G
Neurosurgery 1996 Dec;39(6):1086-94; discussion 1094-5. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199612000-00003. PMID: 8938761

Recent systematic reviews

Proton therapy for treatment of intracranial benign tumors in adults: A systematic review.
Lesueur P, Calugaru V, Nauraye C, Stefan D, Cao K, Emery E, Reznik Y, Habrand JL, Tessonnier T, Chaikh A, Balosso J, Thariat J
Cancer Treat Rev 2019 Jan;72:56-64. Epub 2018 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2018.11.004. PMID: 30530009

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