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Increased proliferation is associated with CNS invasion in meningiomas
Felix Behling1,2, Christina Fodi3,4, Sophie Wang3,4
1Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. felix.behling@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
Introduction:
Meningiomas are the most common benign intracranial neoplasms. CNS invasion in meningiomas has been integrated into the 2016 WHO classification of CNS tumors as a stand-alone criterion for atypia. Since then, its prognostic impact has been debated based on contradictory results from retrospective analyses. The aim of the study was to elucidate whether histopathological evidence of CNS invasion is associated with increased proliferative potential.
Methods:
We have conducted a quantified measurement of the proliferation marker Ki67 and analyzed its association with CNS invasion determined by histology together with other established prognostic markers of progression. Routine, immunohistochemical staining for Ki67 were digitalized and automatic quantification was done using Image J software.
Results:
Overall, 1718 meningiomas were assessed. Histopathological CNS invasion was seen in 108 cases (6.7%). Uni- and multivariate analysis revealed a significantly higher Ki67 proliferation rate in meningiomas with CNS invasion (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0098, respectively).
Conclusions:
Meningiomas with histopathological CNS invasion show a higher proliferative activity.
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