The natural history of asymptomatic meningiomas in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Go, R S; Taylor, B V; Kimmel, D W · Neurology · 1998

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

To define the natural history of asymptomatic meningioma found incidentally on a neuroimaging study, we performed a retrospective analysis of 35 such patients. There were 32 women and three men, with a mean age of 67 years and a mean follow-up of 74 months. Four tumors had progressed on subsequent imaging, and one patient developed symptoms related to the meningioma. Noncalcified tumors were more likely to progress than calcified tumors.

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