Multiple Meningiomas

Meningiomas are multiple in up to 10% of imaged cases and up to 17% in autopsy series. However, the presence of multiple meningiomas in different neuraxial compartments is rare. In about 30% of cases, different histological types of meningioma are seen in the different lesions.

Cushing and Eisenhardt used the term "multiple meningiomas" to refer to the occurrence of multiple meningiomas in the absence of neurofibromatosis or vestibular schwannomas.

References

• Cushing H, Eisenhardt L. Meningiomas; their Classification, Regional Behaviour, Life History, and Surgical End Results. Springfield III., Charles C Thomas, 1938, 785.
• Bhatoe HS. Simultaneous occurrence of multiple meningiomas in different neuraxial compartments. Neurol India. 2003 Jun;51(2):263-5.