Research Article
Prognostic Implication of Preoperative Behavior Changes in Patients with Primary High-Grade Meningiomas
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of 86 cases of high-grade meningiomas.
| | Parameter | (%) |
| | Gender | 86 | | Male | 42 (48.8) | | Female | 44 (51.2) |
| | Age | 86 | | Range, 13.5–85.4 years |
— | | Mean, 55.0 years | — | | Median, 57.2 years | — |
| | Tumor size | 78 | | Range, 2.0–8.5 cm | — | | Mean, 4.9 cm | — | | Median, 5.0 cm | — |
| | Tumor location | 86 | | Parasagittal-falcine | 26 (30.2) | | Convexity | 35 (40.7) | | Base | 24 (27.9) | | Frontal/frontobasal | 16 (18.6) |
| | Tumor site | 86 | | Left | 37 | | Right | 31 | | Bilateral | 18 |
| | Duration of signs/symptoms | 80 | | Range, 0–36 months | — | | Mean, 7.5 months | — | | Median, 4.0 months | — |
| | Presenting signs/symptoms | 83 | | Headache | 23 (25.9) | | Hemiparesis | 22 (36.6) | | Seizures | 20 (24.7) | | Behavior changes | 12 (14) | | Cranial nerve palsy | 6 (11.1) |
| | Behavior changes | 83 | | Present | 30 (36.1) | | Absent | 53 (73.9) |
| | Edema | 58
| | Absent | 10 (17.2) | | Mild | 31 (53.4) | | Severe | 17 (29.3) |
| | Cleavability | 42 | | Cleavable | 18 (42.9) | | Noncleavable | 24 (57.1) |
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The information on some parameters was not available for all patients.
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