Meningiomas en edad pediátrica. Presentación de dos casos

Abstract

Introduction: Meningiomas are central nervous system\nneoplasms derived from arachnoid cap cells; they are very rare in \nchildren and exhibit different behavior clinical-pathologic in \npatients of this age group. Case report: We reported two cases of \nmeningiomas in pediatric patients, the first grade II of clear-cell \nintraspinal and the second grade III papillary with findings focal \nrhabdoid, metastatic intracranial, that correspond infrequent \nhistopathology variants of aggressive behavior and thus \nexplaining the increased recurrence rate despite the multimodal \ntreatment. Comments: Due to the high proportion of \nhistological subtypes of malignant meningiomas in the pediatric \nage, the histopathology diagnosis is necessary, following the \ncriteria of classification of grading of the World Health \nOrganization to consider the treatment and exhaustive\nmonitoring.