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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://www.neuropathologyweb.org/chapter7/chapter7dMiscellaneous.html Meningioma (neuropathologyweb.org)].
**[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)].


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