In his landmark monograph on intracranial meningiomas, Harvey Cushing demonstrated
extreme variability in the natural history of these lesions." In general, their slow rate of growth …

Treatment objectives for meningiomas of the cranial base include relief of neurologic
disability and prevention of clinical progression or recurrence with the least morbidity …

Skull base meningiomas are among the most challenging meningiomas to treat clinically
due to their deep location, involvement or encasement of adjacent essential neurovascular …

ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Meningiomas have diverse presentations and the
skull base harbors the most difficult of them to operate upon. The objective of this study was …

BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to determine the natural history of untreated
skull base meningiomas. Although there are reports on the natural history of meningiomas …

The optimal management of benign meningiomas of the skull base is reviewed. Elderly
patients with small, asymptomatic tumors can be observed and treatment can be initiated if …

The authors have retrospectively analyzed selected surgical and pathological observations
made among a group of 20 patients harboring recurrent cranial base meningiomas in an …

Objective: Skull base meningiomas occasionally show aggressive growth particularly when
they recur. Recurrent cranial base meningiomas extending widely into skull base and …

In a previous chapter, the surgical management of skull base meningiomas were discussed.
However, the most common meningiomas that are diagnosed and operated on are non-skull …

Introduction: Management of skull base meningiomas is often challenging and controversial.
Although there have been numerous recent publications advocating various approaches to …