Clinico-pathological study of Supratentorial meningioma: A tertiary center experience

Dr Arti Sharma; Dr Avdhesh Shukla; Dr Anand Sharma; Dr S N Iyengar

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

Clinico-pathological study of Supratentorial meningioma: A tertiary center experience

Dr Arti Sharma, Dr Avdhesh Shukla, Dr Anand Sharma, Dr S N Iyengar

Abstract :

Meningiomas are the tumours that develop from meningothelial cells of the arachnoid layer. These tumours are usually benign in nature, however, a small percentage is cancerous. Many meningiomas produce no symptoms throughout a person�s life, and if discovered, require no treatment other than periodic observation. Typically, symptomatic meningioma is treated with either conventional surgery or radiosurgery. We retrospectively review the data of 215 cases from our department with review of literature