Incidental Meningiomas: Should They Be Monitored or Operated On?

Authors

Federico Salle, Neurosurgery Service of Hospital Maciel Teaching Unit ASSE, Faculty of Medicine, UDELAR Montevideo, UruguayFollow
Andrea Jaume, Neurosurgery Service of Hospital Maciel Teaching Unit ASSE, Faculty of Medicine, UDELAR Montevideo, Uruguay
Andrea Devita, Neurosurgery Service of Hospital Maciel Teaching Unit ASSE, Faculty of Medicine, UDELAR Montevideo, Uruguay
Edgardo Spagnuolo, Neurosurgery Service of Hospital Maciel Teaching Unit ASSE, Faculty of Medicine, UDELAR Montevideo, Uruguay

Document Type

Original Article

Abstract

With the increasing of medical control and the availability of brain diagnostic imaging modalities, the diagnostic of incidental meningiomas become fairly common.

A lot of studies have been published in the last years in an effort to know the potential for growth of this tumors. An important number of publications appear with suggestions of therapeutic strategies. In one hand the possibility of control of these patients and in the other hand the possibility of surgery. There are a lot of factors in each case to decide what to do. The risk of surgical complications, the age of the patient, the previous clinical condition, etc. The authors believe that asymptomatic incidental meningiomas can be observed using serial imaging and clinical follow up. Surgery is reserved for large tumors, asymptomatic with edema or cerebral compression. Also surgery is indicated is cases with documented growing.

Recommended Citation

Salle, Federico; Jaume, Andrea; Devita, Andrea; and Spagnuolo, Edgardo (2024) "Incidental Meningiomas: Should They Be Monitored or Operated On?," LATIN Neurosurgery Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://www.latin-neurosurgery.org/home/vol1/iss2/6

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