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'''Meningioma''' a very common [[CNS tumours|tumour]] in [[neuropathology]]. | '''Meningioma''' a very common [[CNS tumours|tumour]] in [[neuropathology]]. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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===Radiology=== | ===Radiology=== | ||
*Extra-axial. | *Extra-axial, intradural. | ||
**Can be extradural - very rare.<ref name=upmc_case702>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case702.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case702.html]. Accessed on: 2 February 2012.</ref> | |||
===Prognosis=== | ===Prognosis=== | ||
*Most are benign. | *Most are benign - usu. a good prognosis. | ||
**May be malignant. | **May be malignant - bad prognosis. | ||
===Genetics=== | ===Genetics=== | ||
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Images: | Images: | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meningioma_high_mag.jpg Meningioma - high mag. (WC)]. | *[[WC]]: | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meningioma_intermed_mag.jpg Meningioma - intermed. mag. (WC | **[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meningioma_high_mag.jpg Meningioma - high mag. (WC)]. | ||
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meningioma_intermed_mag.jpg Meningioma - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meningioma_-_brain_invasion_-_intermed_mag.jpg Meningioma with brain invasion - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meningioma_-_brain_invasion_-_intermed_mag.jpg Meningioma with brain invasion - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meningioma_-_brain_invasion_-_high_mag.jpg Meningioma with brain invasion - high mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meningioma_-_brain_invasion_-_high_mag.jpg Meningioma with brain invasion - high mag. (WC)]. | ||
*www: | |||
**[http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/chapter7/chapter7dMiscellaneous.html Meningioma (neuropathologyweb.org)]. | |||
**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case702.html Extra-dural meningioma (upmc.edu)]. | |||
Notes: | Notes: | ||