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Expert Opinion / Cases · March 22, 2018

Meningioma in the Elderly

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Julie J. Miller MD, PhD

 

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  • Alessandro La Camera

    Mar 25, 2018

    Given that without imaging it is not possible to express a final opinion, I believe that a small (how much?) lesion that has doubled in size over 8 years may be a lesion suitable for radiosurgical treatment also considered that the reported symptom (positional vertigo) may be related to CSF flow disturbance, regardless of whether it is a meningioma or a slow-growing pineal tumor.

  • Jayaprakash Madhavan

    May 20, 2018

    it is a slow  growing tumor suitable for radiosurgery 

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