Issue release date: 12.11.2024
Turkish Neurosurgery
1996 , Vol 6 , Num 1-2
FLOW CYTOMETRIC AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION OF CYSTIC MENINGIOMAS: ANALYSIS OF THREE CASES
1Karadeniz Technical Universityl Medical Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery, Trabzon, Türkiye2 Karadeniz Technical Universityl Medical Faculty, Department of Pathology, Trabzon, Türkiye
3 Karadeniz Technical Universityl Medical Faculty, Department of Radiology, Trabzon, Türkiye
4 Karadeniz Technical Universityl Medical Faculty, Department of Histology and Embryology, Trabzon, Türkiye Cystic meningiomas are rare forms of meningiomas which are generally known as solid and benign tumours. Preoperative misdiagnosis of such a tumour will affect the surgical management and difficulties in histopathological diagnosis will affect the prognosis.
Flow cytometric studies have more advantages than histopathological studies, in postoperative management and in predicting prognosis, and it is better to use flow cytometry in conjunction with histopathological procedures for predicting the prognosis.
In this article we report flow cytometric analysis of three cystic meningioma cases, we correlate them with the histopathological results and discuss the pertinent literature.
Keywords : Cystic meningioma, histopathology, flow cytometry, magnetic resonance imaging