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Malignant tumor of meninges

MedGen UID:
87594
Concept ID:
C0348375
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cancer, Meningeal; Cancers, Meningeal; Malignant Meningeal Neoplasm; Malignant Meningeal Neoplasms; Meningeal Cancer; Meningeal Cancers; Meningeal Neoplasm, Malignant; Meningeal Neoplasms, Malignant; Neoplasm, Malignant Meningeal; Neoplasms, Malignant Meningeal
SNOMED CT: Malignant meningeal neoplasm (414647009); Malignant tumor of meninges (363497007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0021322

Definition

A primary or metastatic malignant tumor occurring in the meninges, which surround the brain and spinal cord. The most common are meningiomas. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Goldbrunner R, Stavrinou P, Jenkinson MD, Sahm F, Mawrin C, Weber DC, Preusser M, Minniti G, Lund-Johansen M, Lefranc F, Houdart E, Sallabanda K, Le Rhun E, Nieuwenhuizen D, Tabatabai G, Soffietti R, Weller M
Neuro Oncol 2021 Nov 2;23(11):1821-1834. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab150. PMID: 34181733Free PMC Article
Maggio I, Franceschi E, Tosoni A, Nunno VD, Gatto L, Lodi R, Brandes AA
CNS Oncol 2021 Jun 1;10(2):CNS72. Epub 2021 May 21 doi: 10.2217/cns-2021-0003. PMID: 34015955Free PMC Article
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Fountain DM, Young AMH, Santarius T
Handb Clin Neurol 2020;170:245-250. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822198-3.00044-6. PMID: 32586496
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455
Le Rhun E, Weller M, Brandsma D, Van den Bent M, de Azambuja E, Henriksson R, Boulanger T, Peters S, Watts C, Wick W, Wesseling P, Rudà R, Preusser M; EANO Executive Board and ESMO Guidelines Committee
Ann Oncol 2017 Jul 1;28(suppl_4):iv84-iv99. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx221. PMID: 28881917
Adappa ND, Lee JY, Chiu AG, Palmer JN
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2011 Aug;44(4):965-80, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.06.001. PMID: 21819883
Marosi C, Hassler M, Roessler K, Reni M, Sant M, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008 Aug;67(2):153-71. Epub 2008 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.01.010. PMID: 18342535

Diagnosis

Euskirchen P, Peyre M
Presse Med 2018 Nov-Dec;47(11-12 Pt 2):e245-e252. Epub 2018 Nov 16 doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2018.05.016. PMID: 30449639
Buerki RA, Horbinski CM, Kruser T, Horowitz PM, James CD, Lukas RV
Future Oncol 2018 Sep;14(21):2161-2177. Epub 2018 Aug 7 doi: 10.2217/fon-2018-0006. PMID: 30084265Free PMC Article
Le Rhun E, Weller M, Brandsma D, Van den Bent M, de Azambuja E, Henriksson R, Boulanger T, Peters S, Watts C, Wick W, Wesseling P, Rudà R, Preusser M; EANO Executive Board and ESMO Guidelines Committee
Ann Oncol 2017 Jul 1;28(suppl_4):iv84-iv99. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx221. PMID: 28881917
Marosi C, Hassler M, Roessler K, Reni M, Sant M, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008 Aug;67(2):153-71. Epub 2008 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.01.010. PMID: 18342535
Harrison MJ, al-Mefty O
Clin Neurosurg 1997;44:451-66. PMID: 10080021

Therapy

Mair MJ, Berghoff AS, Brastianos PK, Preusser M
J Neurooncol 2023 Jan;161(2):245-258. Epub 2022 Oct 1 doi: 10.1007/s11060-022-04148-8. PMID: 36181606Free PMC Article
McFaline-Figueroa JR, Kaley TJ, Dunn IF, Bi WL
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2022 Feb;36(1):133-146. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2021.09.003. PMID: 34801160
Goldbrunner R, Stavrinou P, Jenkinson MD, Sahm F, Mawrin C, Weber DC, Preusser M, Minniti G, Lund-Johansen M, Lefranc F, Houdart E, Sallabanda K, Le Rhun E, Nieuwenhuizen D, Tabatabai G, Soffietti R, Weller M
Neuro Oncol 2021 Nov 2;23(11):1821-1834. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab150. PMID: 34181733Free PMC Article
Adappa ND, Lee JY, Chiu AG, Palmer JN
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2011 Aug;44(4):965-80, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.06.001. PMID: 21819883
Marosi C, Hassler M, Roessler K, Reni M, Sant M, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008 Aug;67(2):153-71. Epub 2008 Mar 14 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.01.010. PMID: 18342535

Prognosis

Lamba N, Wen PY, Aizer AA
Neuro Oncol 2021 Sep 1;23(9):1447-1456. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab101. PMID: 33908612Free PMC Article
Baldi I, Engelhardt J, Bonnet C, Bauchet L, Berteaud E, Grüber A, Loiseau H
Neurochirurgie 2018 Mar;64(1):5-14. Epub 2014 Sep 22 doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2014.05.006. PMID: 25249493
Le Rhun E, Weller M, Brandsma D, Van den Bent M, de Azambuja E, Henriksson R, Boulanger T, Peters S, Watts C, Wick W, Wesseling P, Rudà R, Preusser M; EANO Executive Board and ESMO Guidelines Committee
Ann Oncol 2017 Jul 1;28(suppl_4):iv84-iv99. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx221. PMID: 28881917
Adappa ND, Lee JY, Chiu AG, Palmer JN
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2011 Aug;44(4):965-80, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.06.001. PMID: 21819883
Harrison MJ, al-Mefty O
Clin Neurosurg 1997;44:451-66. PMID: 10080021

Clinical prediction guides

Akkurt BH, Wanderer S, Schwyzer L, Berberat J, Henssen DJHA, Sartoretti T, Sartoretti E, Musigmann M, Brokinkel B, Stummer W, Heindel W, Remonda L, Mannil M
Acad Radiol 2023 Jul;30(7):1232-1237. Epub 2022 Oct 30 doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2022.10.004. PMID: 36319517
Apra C, Peyre M, Kalamarides M
Expert Rev Neurother 2018 Mar;18(3):241-249. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1429920. PMID: 29338455
Chamoun R, Krisht KM, Couldwell WT
Neurosurg Focus 2011 Dec;31(6):E19. doi: 10.3171/2011.9.FOCUS11220. PMID: 22133182
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Recent systematic reviews

Giammattei L, Starnoni D, Peters D, George M, Messerer M, Daniel RT
Neurosurg Rev 2023 Jul 13;46(1):172. doi: 10.1007/s10143-023-02072-7. PMID: 37439884Free PMC Article
George AM, Gupta S, Keshwara SM, Mustafa MA, Gillespie CS, Richardson GE, Steele AC, Zamanipoor Najafabadi AH, Dirven L, Marson AG, Islim AI, Jenkinson MD, Millward CP
Br J Neurosurg 2022 Dec;36(6):678-685. Epub 2022 Oct 20 doi: 10.1080/02688697.2022.2115008. PMID: 36263847
Lee KS, Zhang JJY, Kirollos R, Santarius T, Nga VDW, Yeo TT
Sci Rep 2022 Feb 4;12(1):1942. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05773-z. PMID: 35121790Free PMC Article
Molina-Botello D, Rodríguez-Sanchez JR, Cuevas-García J, Cárdenas-Almaraz BV, Morales-Acevedo A, Mejía-Pérez SI, Ochoa-Martinez E
J Clin Neurosci 2021 Apr;86:211-216. Epub 2021 Feb 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.01.048. PMID: 33775330
Islim AI, Mohan M, Moon RDC, Srikandarajah N, Mills SJ, Brodbelt AR, Jenkinson MD
J Neurooncol 2019 Apr;142(2):211-221. Epub 2019 Jan 17 doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03104-3. PMID: 30656531Free PMC Article

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