Malignant features of meningioma CT scan study

Abstract EN

CT scan features of Malignant Meningioma Objective : Meningioma which is a common benign Brain tumor can be malignant, but the final decision is by biopsy.

However CT.

Scan features can help to evaluate malignancy of a lesion.

The aim of this retrospective study is to look for the malignant features of a malignant meningioma. Patients and Methods : This is a retrospective study of 50 malignant meningiomas in the neurosurgical unit in the specialized surgical hospital (previously AL-Shaheed Adnan hospital), for the period from March 1992 to March 2007.

We search specially for Malignant features on the CT scan study of the patients. Results : 94 % of the patients had different features of malignant meningioma, only 6 % CT scan did not show any malignant features, we also evaluated the results of surgery. Conclusion : CT scan is one of the most important diagnostic procedures for diagnosis of brain tumor ; however final diagnosis can only be emphasized by the histo-pathological studies.