Clinical diagnostic analysis of simpson intracranial malignant meningioma in 29 cases
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-6315.2013.04.004
- VernacularTitle:恶性脑膜瘤29例临床分析
- Author:
Lipeng SONG
;
Shouming CAO
;
Haiyan MENG
;
Weisheng ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Intracranial neoplasm;
Malignant meningioma;
Simpson scale
- From:
Clinical Medicine of China
2013;(4):345-346
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the methods for diagnosis and treatment of malignant meningioma.Methods The clinical data of twenty-nine patients with malignant meningioma were retrospectively analyzed.Results Among the 29 patients,15 underwent Simpson Ⅰ resection,8 underwent Simpson Ⅱ resection and 6 had Simpson Ⅲ resection.Among these patients,Twenty-five cases were successfully followed up for 20-100 months.There are 11 cases who occurred relapse (44％),of whom 2 received Simpson Ⅰ resection,3 received Simpson Ⅱ resection and all the 6 cases receiving Simpson Ⅲ cases.Conclusion Head CT and MRI examination is helpful to diagnose malignant meningioma.The treatment mainly involved surgical resection combined with radiation and chemotherapy,with high postoperative recurrence rate and short survival time depending on the differentiation of the tumor.
