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Skull base meningioma

MedGen UID:
233449
•Concept ID:
C1335976
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: basicranium meningioma (disease); meningioma (disease) of basicranium; Meningioma of Skull Base; meningioma of skull base; Meningioma of the Skull Base; meningioma of the skull base; Skull Base Meningioma; skull base meningioma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002998

Definition

A meningioma that arises from the skull base. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Early Detection and Management of Venous Thrombosis in Skull Base Surgery: Role of Routine Doppler Ultrasound Monitoring.
Abunimer AM, Lak AM, Calvachi P, Smith TR, Aglio LS, Almefty KK, Dunn IF, Bi WL, Goldhaber SZ, Al-Mefty O
Neurosurgery 2022 Jul 1;91(1):115-122. Epub 2022 Apr 7 doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001936. PMID: 35383697
Assessment of improved organ at risk sparing for meningioma: light ion beam therapy as boost versus sole treatment option.
Mock U, Georg D, Sölkner L, Suppan C, Vatnitsky SM, Flechl B, Mayer R, Dieckmann K, Knäusl B
Radiother Oncol 2014 Jun;111(3):451-6. Epub 2014 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.05.018. PMID: 25012644
Radiotherapy in the treatment of benign meningioma of the skull base.
Nutting C, Brada M, Brazil L, Sibtain A, Saran F, Westbury C, Moore A, Thomas DG, Traish D, Ashley S
J Neurosurg 1999 May;90(5):823-7. doi: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.5.0823. PMID: 10223446

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Prediction of trigeminal nerve position based on the main feeding artery in petroclival meningioma.
Adachi K, Hasegawa M, Hirose Y
Neurosurg Rev 2021 Apr;44(2):1173-1181. Epub 2020 May 18 doi: 10.1007/s10143-020-01313-3. PMID: 32424648
Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging of Deep Venous Congestion in Petroclival Meningioma.
Adachi K, Hasegawa M, Hayakawa M, Tateyama S, Hirose Y
World Neurosurg 2019 Feb;122:e20-e31. Epub 2018 Sep 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.08.218. PMID: 30236813
Surgical Strategy for and Anatomic Locations of Petroapex and Petroclival Meningiomas Based on Evaluation of the Feeding Artery.
Adachi K, Hasegawa M, Tateyama S, Kawazoe Y, Hirose Y
World Neurosurg 2018 Aug;116:e611-e623. Epub 2018 May 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.052. PMID: 29777891
How I do it: the combined petrosectomy.
Troude L Jr, Carissimi M Jr, Lavieille JP, Roche PH
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2016 Apr;158(4):711-715. Epub 2016 Feb 15 doi: 10.1007/s00701-016-2740-5. PMID: 26876566
Stereotactic irradiation of skull base meningiomas with high energy protons.
Gudjonsson O, Blomquist E, Nyberg G, Pellettieri L, Montelius A, Grusell E, Dahlgren C, Isacsson U, Lilja A, Glimelius B
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1999;141(9):933-40. doi: 10.1007/s007010050399. PMID: 10526074

Diagnosis

Freiburg Neuropathology Case Conference : A 51-year-old Patient Presenting with Epistaxis and Occasional Headaches 16 Years after Diagnosis of a Grade 1 Chondrosarcoma of the Left Petrous Apex.
Wogram E, Schlunk F, Shah MJ, Prinz M, Urbach H, Erny D, Taschner CA
Clin Neuroradiol 2023 Jun;33(2):569-575. Epub 2023 May 12 doi: 10.1007/s00062-023-01294-y. PMID: 37171609Free PMC Article
Clinical presentation of neuroendocrine cancer metastasis to an anterior clinoid process meningioma invading superior orbital fissure. A case report.
Rzehak A, Sobstyl MR, Wierzba-Bobrowicz T, Bojarski P, Grajkowska W
Folia Neuropathol 2021;59(3):322-326. doi: 10.5114/fn.2021.109409. PMID: 34628798
Prediction of trigeminal nerve position based on the main feeding artery in petroclival meningioma.
Adachi K, Hasegawa M, Hirose Y
Neurosurg Rev 2021 Apr;44(2):1173-1181. Epub 2020 May 18 doi: 10.1007/s10143-020-01313-3. PMID: 32424648
Acute Vision Loss After Ophthalmic Artery Embolization of Meningioma.
Torres G, T Kini A, Al Othman B, Lee AG
J Neuroophthalmol 2019 Dec;39(4):520-522. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000772. PMID: 30893270
Endocranial lesions.
Vattoth S, DeLappe RS Jr, Chapman PR
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2013 Oct;34(5):393-411. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2013.08.002. PMID: 24216450

Therapy

Early Detection and Management of Venous Thrombosis in Skull Base Surgery: Role of Routine Doppler Ultrasound Monitoring.
Abunimer AM, Lak AM, Calvachi P, Smith TR, Aglio LS, Almefty KK, Dunn IF, Bi WL, Goldhaber SZ, Al-Mefty O
Neurosurgery 2022 Jul 1;91(1):115-122. Epub 2022 Apr 7 doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001936. PMID: 35383697
Acute Vision Loss After Ophthalmic Artery Embolization of Meningioma.
Torres G, T Kini A, Al Othman B, Lee AG
J Neuroophthalmol 2019 Dec;39(4):520-522. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000772. PMID: 30893270
How I do it: the combined petrosectomy.
Troude L Jr, Carissimi M Jr, Lavieille JP, Roche PH
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2016 Apr;158(4):711-715. Epub 2016 Feb 15 doi: 10.1007/s00701-016-2740-5. PMID: 26876566
Stereotactic radiosurgery for skull base meningioma.
Igaki H, Maruyama K, Koga T, Murakami N, Tago M, Terahara A, Shin M, Nakagawa K, Ohtomo K
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2009 Oct;49(10):456-61. doi: 10.2176/nmc.49.456. PMID: 19855141
Stereotactic irradiation of skull base meningiomas with high energy protons.
Gudjonsson O, Blomquist E, Nyberg G, Pellettieri L, Montelius A, Grusell E, Dahlgren C, Isacsson U, Lilja A, Glimelius B
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1999;141(9):933-40. doi: 10.1007/s007010050399. PMID: 10526074

Prognosis

Prediction of trigeminal nerve position based on the main feeding artery in petroclival meningioma.
Adachi K, Hasegawa M, Hirose Y
Neurosurg Rev 2021 Apr;44(2):1173-1181. Epub 2020 May 18 doi: 10.1007/s10143-020-01313-3. PMID: 32424648
Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging of Deep Venous Congestion in Petroclival Meningioma.
Adachi K, Hasegawa M, Hayakawa M, Tateyama S, Hirose Y
World Neurosurg 2019 Feb;122:e20-e31. Epub 2018 Sep 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.08.218. PMID: 30236813
Successful Treatment of Pneumocephalus Using a Free-Style Chimeric Free Flap From a Scarred Thigh.
Visconti G, Pagliara D, Bianchi A, La Rocca G, Olivi A, Salgarello M
J Craniofac Surg 2018 Oct;29(7):e658-e660. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000004715. PMID: 29944558
Stereotactic irradiation of skull base meningiomas with high energy protons.
Gudjonsson O, Blomquist E, Nyberg G, Pellettieri L, Montelius A, Grusell E, Dahlgren C, Isacsson U, Lilja A, Glimelius B
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1999;141(9):933-40. doi: 10.1007/s007010050399. PMID: 10526074
Bilateral sphenoid wing metastases of prostate cancer presenting with extensive brain edema.
Lindsberg PJ, Tatlisumak T, Tienari J, Brander A
Eur J Neurol 1999 May;6(3):363-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.630363.x. PMID: 10210920

Clinical prediction guides

Nasofrontal meningiomas: retrospective series and review of literature.
Peto I, Monsour M, Piper K, Flores-Milan G, Pressman E, Tabor M, van Loveren H
Neurosurg Rev 2023 Jun 29;46(1):158. doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-02053-w. PMID: 37386320
Prediction of trigeminal nerve position based on the main feeding artery in petroclival meningioma.
Adachi K, Hasegawa M, Hirose Y
Neurosurg Rev 2021 Apr;44(2):1173-1181. Epub 2020 May 18 doi: 10.1007/s10143-020-01313-3. PMID: 32424648
Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging of Deep Venous Congestion in Petroclival Meningioma.
Adachi K, Hasegawa M, Hayakawa M, Tateyama S, Hirose Y
World Neurosurg 2019 Feb;122:e20-e31. Epub 2018 Sep 18 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.08.218. PMID: 30236813
Stereotactic irradiation of skull base meningiomas with high energy protons.
Gudjonsson O, Blomquist E, Nyberg G, Pellettieri L, Montelius A, Grusell E, Dahlgren C, Isacsson U, Lilja A, Glimelius B
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1999;141(9):933-40. doi: 10.1007/s007010050399. PMID: 10526074
Bilateral sphenoid wing metastases of prostate cancer presenting with extensive brain edema.
Lindsberg PJ, Tatlisumak T, Tienari J, Brander A
Eur J Neurol 1999 May;6(3):363-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.630363.x. PMID: 10210920

Recent systematic reviews

Single fraction and hypofractionated radiosurgery for perioptic meningiomas-tumor control and visual outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Peters DR, Asher A, Conti A, Schiappacasse L, Daniel RT, Levivier M, Tuleasca C
Neurosurg Rev 2023 Oct 28;46(1):287. doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-02197-9. PMID: 37897519
Olfactory groove and tuberculum sellae meningioma resection by endoscopic endonasal approach versus transcranial approach: A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.
Lu VM, Goyal A, Rovin RA
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2018 Nov;174:13-20. Epub 2018 Aug 28 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.08.029. PMID: 30193170

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