Open AccessClinicopathological characteristics of meningiomas: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in the Kashmir Valley
Author(s) -
Basharat Mubeen,
Rumana Makhdoomi,
Khursheed Nayil,
Danish Rafiq,
Altaf Rehman Kirmani,
Othman Salim,
Farhat Mustafa,
Aifa Aimen,
Sumat Khursheed,
Shazia Bashir,
Saba Shafi,
Altaf Ramzan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_228_16
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , general surgery
Meningiomas comprise 15%-20% of all primary intracranial tumors. They are generally benign tumors, and most patients are cured after surgery and remain free of recurrence. However, some tumors behave in an aggressive manner, and patients develop local recurrence or metastasis. Overall prognosis is good.