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    Meningioma, also known as meningeal tumor, is typically a slow-growing tumor that forms from the meninges, the membranous layers surrounding the brain...
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    A sphenoid wing meningioma is a benign brain tumor near the sphenoid bone. A meningioma is a benign brain tumor. It originates from the arachnoid (not...
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    type II (also known as MISME syndrome – multiple inherited schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas) is a genetic condition that may be inherited or may...
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    Optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSM) are rare benign tumors of the optic nerve. 60–70% of cases occur in middle age females, and is more common in older...
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    a clear risk. The most common types of primary tumors in adults are meningiomas (usually benign) and astrocytomas such as glioblastomas. In children...
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  • Malignant meningioma is a rare, fast-growing tumor that forms in one of the inner layers of the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect...
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    is often subject to age-related calcification, and a site of falcine meningiomas. The falx cerebri is named for its sickle-like shape. The falx cerebri...
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    Meningothelial meningioma 6.2 Fibrous meningioma 6.3 Transitional meningioma 6.4 Psammomatous meningioma 6.5 Angiomatus meningioma 6.6 Microcystic meningioma 6.7...
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  • Cutaneous meningioma, also known as heterotopic meningeal tissue, and rudimentary meningocele is a developmental defect, and results from the presence...
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    headaches that are localised underneath the crown. Other diseases include meningioma, a tumor surrounding essential blood vessels and nerves that may be near...
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    Meningioma of the middle third of the sagittal sinus with large hyperostosis...
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    grade 4 fatigue was reported. Sunitinib is being studied for treatment of meningioma which is associated with neurofibromatosis. As of 2024[update], sunitinib...
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    cystadenocarcinoma Endometrial adenocarcinomas (papillary serous carcinoma ~3%-4%) Meningiomas, in the central nervous system Peritoneal and pleural mesothelioma Somatostatinoma...
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    The sigma-2 receptor (σ2R) is a sigma receptor subtype that has attracted attention due to its involvement in diseases such as neurological diseases, neurodegenerative...
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    begins within the brain and the second-most common brain tumor, after meningioma, which is benign in most cases. About 3 in 100,000 people develop the...
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    tumor. Initially, the dural tail sign was thought to be pathognomonic of meningioma, a slow-growing tumor that arises from the meninges. However, subsequent...
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    suffered from depression. In November 2011, Crow was diagnosed with a meningioma, the most common kind of brain tumour, usually benign, for which she continued...
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    Lesions compressing the pituitary (pituitary adenoma, craniopharyngioma, meningioma, glioma, Rathke's cleft cyst, metastasis, empty sella, aneurysm of the...
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    capillaries. When inside the nervous system, although not strictly a meningioma tumor, it is a meningeal tumor with a special aggressive behavior. It...
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    In September 2017, Walsh revealed that she was diagnosed with a benign meningioma in 2015. She underwent surgery for removal of the tumor and took a nine-month...
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    Leonard Sax suggested the slow growth of a right-sided retro-orbital meningioma as an explanation of Nietzsche's dementia; Orth and Trimble postulated...
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  • liver damage, excessively high prolactin levels, prolactinomas, and meningiomas. Upon discontinuation from high doses, CPA can produce adrenal insufficiency...
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    2009). "Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy for recurrent meningiomas". Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 92 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1007/s11060-008-9734-y...
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    (e.g. lymphoma or adenoid cystic carcinoma). Tumors (e.g. glioma and meningioma of the optic nerve) within the cone formed by the horizontal rectus muscles...
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    are dealing with metabolic disorders. Renée Baio was diagnosed with a meningioma brain tumor in June 2015, with a second tumor discovered later. In 2017...
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    diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1969. In 2011, she had surgery to remove a meningioma, a benign brain tumor. In 2014, friends reported that Moore had heart...
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    in personality changes following frontal lobe surgery. The patient had meningioma, a rare form of brain tumour arising in the meninges. Brickner and Davidoff...
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    Treatment plan for an Optic nerve sheath meningioma...
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  • Thumbnail for Steinheim skull
    showed that the owner of the skull suffered from a meningioma, which is an arachnoid tumor. Meningiomas are a diverse set of tumors that arise from the meninges...
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    "Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) and the Implications for Vestibular Schwannoma and Meningioma Pathogenesis". Int J Mol Sci. 22 (2): 690. doi:10.3390/ijms22020690. PMC 7828193...
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