MULTIPLE SPINAL CORD MENINGIOMAS

Although the frequency of meningioma among primary spinal cord tumors is 25 %. multiple spinal cord meningiomas are extremely rare. Multiple spinal cord meningiomas have not been reported in the spinal cord meningioma series of A. Davis (45 patients), K.Katz (44 patients), Lombardi and Pasarini (71 patients). Haft and shenkin (367patients). (3.5.7.9) Walter ].Levy and his colleagues have reported two multiple spinal cord meningiomas among 97 patients who had spinal cord meningiomas.(8) F. Carta et al. have also reported two multiple spinal cord meningiomas.(2) Single cases of multiple spinal meningiomas have been described by Rand,Rath et al. and DiRocco et al. (4,9.10) Only Rath and his colleagues reported multiple meningiomas which were intradural thoracic and extradural cervical.(ll)