Intracranial meningiomas in childhood

Over the 10-year period from 1980 to 1990, ten pediatric patients were diagnosed at this hospital with intracranial meningiomas. The patients' diagnoses were confirmed by histological studies, including the incidence, age and sex distribution, duration of symptoms prior to diagnosis, signs and symptoms on onset, tumor locations, histologic type, presence of cyst, dural attachment of tumor, treatment, and prognosis. When comparing pediatric meningiomas with those of adults, some differences were noted such as a slight preference for males; the clinical history seemed to be shorter; a ventricular location is more frequent; predilection for cystic meningioma and absence of dural attachment are more common.