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Secretory meningiomas

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Secretory meningiomas are a rare meningioma subtype. Among meningiomas, the frequency of secretory meningiomas is 1.6%. Unlike other meningioma types, most of the patients were female (ratio 3 : 1). No recurrence was reported during the 24–180 months follow-up period of our secretory meningiomas in which, a low level of 0.3% Ki-67 proliferative index was reported. In this meningioma subtype, the percentage of cases with positive progesterone receptor is 33%. With carcinoembryonic antigen, cytokeratin and epithelial membrane antigen, in all the cases positivity was observed in both, the inclusions and the cells surrounding them. With human milk fat globulin 2, a high ratio (92%) of positivity was observed. Majority of the cases were negative with CA125, only three of the cases had suspicious positivity. Distribution of inclusions was irregular and their positive reactions showed varying staining features. Positivity with alpha-1-antitripsin was seen not only in the inclusions but also in some meningothelial cells as well. Ubiquitin was positive in inclusions of the 83% of cases. Staining features of the inclusions pointed out the possibility of them being in a varying age and/or content. Secretory meningiomas are a different type compared to other meningiomas, not only with their histological features but also with their clinical features as well.

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  1. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey

    Nagihan Çolakoğlu

  2. Department of Pathology, Ege University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

    Eren Demirtaş

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Ege University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

    Nezih Oktar, Sertaç İslekel & Nurcan Özdamar

  4. Department of Radiology, Ege University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

    Nilgün Yüntem

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Çolakoğlu, N., Demirtaş, E., Oktar, N. et al. Secretory meningiomas. J Neurooncol 62, 233–241 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023319407645

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