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Childhood Grade 2 Meningioma

MedGen UID:
389539
•Concept ID:
C2347759
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Childhood Grade II Meningioma

Definition

A grade II meningioma that occurs during childhood. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChildhood Grade 2 Meningioma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of pediatric intracranial meningiomas: an analysis of 31 cases and review of literature.
Ravindranath K, Vasudevan MC, Pande A, Symss N
Childs Nerv Syst 2013 Apr;29(4):573-82. Epub 2013 Jan 5 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-2010-7. PMID: 23292441
Clinical features and treatment of World Health Organization grade II and III meningiomas in childhood: report of 23 cases.
Wang XQ, Jiang CC, Zhao L, Gong Y, Hu J, Chen H
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2012 Nov;10(5):423-33. Epub 2012 Aug 31 doi: 10.3171/2012.7.PEDS12179. PMID: 22938082

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cranial Irradiation for Childhood Cancers and Adult Risk of Meningioma.
Garcia CM, Ganga A, Weil RJ, Toms SA
Pediatr Neurosurg 2022;57(6):396-406. Epub 2022 Oct 17 doi: 10.1159/000527565. PMID: 36252549
Cancer and Central Nervous System Tumor Surveillance in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis 2 and Related Disorders.
Evans DGR, Salvador H, Chang VY, Erez A, Voss SD, Druker H, Scott HS, Tabori U
Clin Cancer Res 2017 Jun 15;23(12):e54-e61. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-0590. PMID: 28620005
Management of pediatric intracranial meningiomas: an analysis of 31 cases and review of literature.
Ravindranath K, Vasudevan MC, Pande A, Symss N
Childs Nerv Syst 2013 Apr;29(4):573-82. Epub 2013 Jan 5 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-2010-7. PMID: 23292441
Spinal meningioma in childhood: clinical features and treatment.
Wang XQ, Zeng XW, Zhang BY, Dou YF, Wu JS, Jiang CC, Zhong P, Chen H
Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Jan;28(1):129-36. Epub 2011 Sep 25 doi: 10.1007/s00381-011-1570-2. PMID: 21947034
Childhood and adolescent meningiomas: a report of 38 cases and review of literature.
Menon G, Nair S, Sudhir J, Rao BR, Mathew A, Bahuleyan B
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2009 Mar;151(3):239-44; discussion 244. Epub 2009 Feb 24 doi: 10.1007/s00701-009-0206-8. PMID: 19238320

Diagnosis

Cranial Irradiation for Childhood Cancers and Adult Risk of Meningioma.
Garcia CM, Ganga A, Weil RJ, Toms SA
Pediatr Neurosurg 2022;57(6):396-406. Epub 2022 Oct 17 doi: 10.1159/000527565. PMID: 36252549
Cancer and Central Nervous System Tumor Surveillance in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis 2 and Related Disorders.
Evans DGR, Salvador H, Chang VY, Erez A, Voss SD, Druker H, Scott HS, Tabori U
Clin Cancer Res 2017 Jun 15;23(12):e54-e61. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-0590. PMID: 28620005
Pediatric meningiomas: a single-center experience with 15 consecutive cases and review of the literature.
Santos MV, Furlanetti L, Valera ET, Brassesco MS, Tone LG, de Oliveira RS
Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Nov;28(11):1887-96. Epub 2012 Jun 6 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1823-8. PMID: 22669518
Childhood and juvenile meningiomas.
Gao X, Zhang R, Mao Y, Wang Y
Childs Nerv Syst 2009 Dec;25(12):1571-80. Epub 2009 Jul 30 doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0964-x. PMID: 19641924
Genetics of pediatric central nervous system tumors.
Biegel JA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1997 Nov-Dec;19(6):492-501. doi: 10.1097/00043426-199711000-00002. PMID: 9407934

Therapy

Cranial Irradiation for Childhood Cancers and Adult Risk of Meningioma.
Garcia CM, Ganga A, Weil RJ, Toms SA
Pediatr Neurosurg 2022;57(6):396-406. Epub 2022 Oct 17 doi: 10.1159/000527565. PMID: 36252549
Second brain tumors following central nervous system radiotherapy in childhood.
Chojnacka M, Pędziwiatr K, Skowrońska-Gardas A, Perek-Polnik M, Perek D, Olasek P
Br J Radiol 2014 Sep;87(1041):20140211. Epub 2014 Jun 27 doi: 10.1259/bjr.20140211. PMID: 24968876Free PMC Article
Radiation-induced meningiomas after high-dose cranial irradiation.
Godlewski B, Drummond KJ, Kaye AH
J Clin Neurosci 2012 Dec;19(12):1627-35. Epub 2012 Jul 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.05.011. PMID: 22836037
High incidence of meningioma in cranial irradiated survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Goshen Y, Stark B, Kornreich L, Michowiz S, Feinmesser M, Yaniv I
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007 Sep;49(3):294-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21153. PMID: 17243137
Secondary intracranial meningiomas after high-dose cranial irradiation: report of five cases and review of the literature.
Strojan P, Popović M, Jereb B
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000 Aug 1;48(1):65-73. doi: 10.1016/s0360-3016(00)00609-x. PMID: 10924973

Prognosis

Cancer and Central Nervous System Tumor Surveillance in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis 2 and Related Disorders.
Evans DGR, Salvador H, Chang VY, Erez A, Voss SD, Druker H, Scott HS, Tabori U
Clin Cancer Res 2017 Jun 15;23(12):e54-e61. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-0590. PMID: 28620005
Management of pediatric intracranial meningiomas: an analysis of 31 cases and review of literature.
Ravindranath K, Vasudevan MC, Pande A, Symss N
Childs Nerv Syst 2013 Apr;29(4):573-82. Epub 2013 Jan 5 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-2010-7. PMID: 23292441
Spinal meningioma in childhood: clinical features and treatment.
Wang XQ, Zeng XW, Zhang BY, Dou YF, Wu JS, Jiang CC, Zhong P, Chen H
Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Jan;28(1):129-36. Epub 2011 Sep 25 doi: 10.1007/s00381-011-1570-2. PMID: 21947034
Childhood and juvenile meningiomas.
Gao X, Zhang R, Mao Y, Wang Y
Childs Nerv Syst 2009 Dec;25(12):1571-80. Epub 2009 Jul 30 doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0964-x. PMID: 19641924
Childhood and adolescent meningiomas: a report of 38 cases and review of literature.
Menon G, Nair S, Sudhir J, Rao BR, Mathew A, Bahuleyan B
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2009 Mar;151(3):239-44; discussion 244. Epub 2009 Feb 24 doi: 10.1007/s00701-009-0206-8. PMID: 19238320

Clinical prediction guides

Cancer and Central Nervous System Tumor Surveillance in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis 2 and Related Disorders.
Evans DGR, Salvador H, Chang VY, Erez A, Voss SD, Druker H, Scott HS, Tabori U
Clin Cancer Res 2017 Jun 15;23(12):e54-e61. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-0590. PMID: 28620005
Late toxicity following craniospinal radiation for early-stage medulloblastoma.
Christopherson KM, Rotondo RL, Bradley JA, Pincus DW, Wynn TT, Fort JA, Morris CG, Mendenhall NP, Marcus RB Jr, Indelicato DJ
Acta Oncol 2014 Apr;53(4):471-80. Epub 2014 Feb 24 doi: 10.3109/0284186X.2013.862596. PMID: 24564687
Clinical features and treatment of World Health Organization grade II and III meningiomas in childhood: report of 23 cases.
Wang XQ, Jiang CC, Zhao L, Gong Y, Hu J, Chen H
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2012 Nov;10(5):423-33. Epub 2012 Aug 31 doi: 10.3171/2012.7.PEDS12179. PMID: 22938082
Pediatric meningiomas: a single-center experience with 15 consecutive cases and review of the literature.
Santos MV, Furlanetti L, Valera ET, Brassesco MS, Tone LG, de Oliveira RS
Childs Nerv Syst 2012 Nov;28(11):1887-96. Epub 2012 Jun 6 doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1823-8. PMID: 22669518
Childhood and adolescent meningiomas: a report of 38 cases and review of literature.
Menon G, Nair S, Sudhir J, Rao BR, Mathew A, Bahuleyan B
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2009 Mar;151(3):239-44; discussion 244. Epub 2009 Feb 24 doi: 10.1007/s00701-009-0206-8. PMID: 19238320

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