Familial Occurrence of Meningiomas.
- Author:
Cheong Soo GAM
1
;
Soo Chun KIM
;
Jae Hong SIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Inje University, Paik Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Familial occurrence;
Meningioma;
Surgery
- MeSH:
Humans;
Meningioma*;
Mothers;
Neurofibromatoses;
Nuclear Family
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1995;24(2):123-127
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The familial occurrence of meningiomas without evidence of neurofibramatosis was very rare. Recently, we experienced a family in which a mother and a daughter had histologically similar tumors. There was no evidence of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis in either of the subjects or in other members of their family who were examined. The evidence to support heritability of meningiomas in the general population remains inconclusive, by gentic factors contribute to the etiology of meningiomas in isolated families.
