Biological and Demographic Profile of Meningiomas in a Cohort of Egyptian Patients: Impact on Tumor Recurrence

Table 1

Site distribution and histopathological types of the 265 cases of meningioma studied.

		No. of cases	(%)
Site	Convexity	122	(46.00)
	Spinal	31	(11.70)
	Anterior cranial fossa	23	(8.70)
	Sellar/suprasellar	21	(7.90)
	Posterior fossa	19	(7.20)
	Sphenoidal	18	(6.80)
	Falcine/parasagittal	17	(6.40)
	Middle cranial fossa	7	(2.60)
	lateral ventricular	4	(1.50)
	Miscellaneous	3	(1.10)
Histopathological type	Transitional	115	(43.40)
	Meningothelial	50	(18.90)
	Fibrous	41	(15.50)
	Psammomatous	20	(7.50)
	Microcystic	13	(4.90)
	Angiomatous	8	(3.00)
	Secretory	6	(2.30)
	Anaplastic	6	(2.30)
	Chordoid	4	(1.50)
	Metaplastic	1	(0.40)
	Papillary and rhabdoid	1	(0.40)