The natural history of asymptomatic meningiomas in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Neurology. 1998 Dec;51(6):1718-20. doi: 10.1212/wnl.51.6.1718.

Abstract

To define the natural history of asymptomatic meningioma found incidentally on a neuroimaging study, we performed a retrospective analysis of 35 such patients. There were 32 women and three men, with a mean age of 67 years and a mean follow-up of 74 months. Four tumors had progressed on subsequent imaging, and one patient developed symptoms related to the meningioma. Noncalcified tumors were more likely to progress than calcified tumors.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / mortality
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningioma / mortality*
  • Middle Aged
  • Minnesota / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed