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Malignant features of Meningioma CT scan Study. | ||
| Journal of the Faculty of Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-267 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ali K. AL-Shalchy | ||
| Abstract | ||
| CT scan features of Malignant MeningiomaObjective: Meningioma which is a common benign Brain tumor can be malignant, but the final decision is by biopsy. However CT. Scan features can help to evaluate malignancy of a lesion. The aim of this retrospective study is to look for the malignant features of a malignant meningioma .Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective study of 50 malignant meningiomas in the neuro-surgical unit in the specialized surgical hospital (previously AL-Shaheed Adnan hospital), for the period from March 1992 to March 2007. We search specially for Malignant features on the CT scan study of the patients. Results: 94%of the patients had different features of malignant meningioma, only 6% CT scan did not show any malignant features, we also evaluated the results of surgery . Conclusion: CT scan is one of the most important diagnostic procedures for diagnosis of brain tumor; however final diagnosis can only be emphasized by the histo-pathological studies. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Meningioma; CT scan; Malignant features | ||
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