meningiomas

Placed in that position, it was not one of those benign brain tumors that one sometimes sees that are operable or not among the most virulent -- such as meningiomas or adenomas of the pituitary gland.

The Savvy Reader 2008

One weekend after my diagnosis, I would lie in bed and feel it somehow sparkle, and I knew that even if "most meningiomas are benign," mine was growing and needed to come out sooner rather than later.

Marian Salzman: Headstrong, Part I: My World Turned Upside Down 2010

By the early 1900s, Cushing had found ingenious ways to surgically extract brain tumors, including the notorious glioblastomas—tumors so heavily crisscrossed with blood vessels that they could hemorrhage any minute, and meningiomas wrapped like sheaths around delicate and vital structures in the brain.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

By the early 1900s, Cushing had found ingenious ways to surgically extract brain tumors, including the notorious glioblastomas—tumors so heavily crisscrossed with blood vessels that they could hemorrhage any minute, and meningiomas wrapped like sheaths around delicate and vital structures in the brain.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

One weekend after my diagnosis, I would lie in bed and feel it somehow sparkle, and I knew that even if "most meningiomas are benign," mine was growing and needed to come out sooner rather than later.

Marian Salzman: Headstrong, Part I: My World Turned Upside Down Marian Salzman 2010

By the early 1900s, Cushing had found ingenious ways to surgically extract brain tumors, including the notorious glioblastomas—tumors so heavily crisscrossed with blood vessels that they could hemorrhage any minute, and meningiomas wrapped like sheaths around delicate and vital structures in the brain.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

The ironic thing is, that I myself have just been diagnosed as having two benign brain tumors, called meningiomas, in that they are in the meninges, the lining of the brain.

Benefits of the Harmonious Home 2006

Tumors called meningiomas may develop in these membranes, but are more common in adults than children.

Brain Tumor - Diagnosis and Treatment 2005

Paul had operated on dozens of patients with meningiomas, and he'd received many letters from those who had undergone the operation, expressing how thankful they were for what he'd done.

Nights in Rodanthe Sparks, Nicholas 2002

First of all, you rarely see meningiomas in young adults.

Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998