Term Name: meningioma
Synonyms: meningeal neoplasm, meningothelial cell tumor, neoplasm of the meninges, primary Meningeal tumor
Definition: A central nervous system cancer that are manifested in the central nervous system and arise from the arachnoid cap cells of the arachnoid villi in the meninges.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:3565]   ( DOID:3565 )

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is a type of: central nervous system cancer
has subtype: angiomatous meningioma anterior cranial fossa meningioma anterior optic tract meningioma bilateral meningioma of optic nerve brain meningioma cavernous sinus meningioma childhood meningioma chordoid meningioma clear cell meningioma familial meningioma fibrous meningioma foramen magnum meningioma Gasserian ganglion meningioma intracranial meningioma intraorbital meningioma intraventricular meningioma jugular foramen meningioma lung meningioma lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma malignant leptomeningeal neoplasm meninges hemangiopericytoma meninges sarcoma meningothelial meningioma microcystic meningioma middle cranial fossa meningioma parapharyngeal meningioma periocular meningioma petrous apex meningioma pineal region meningioma pituitary stalk meningioma posterior fossa meningioma psammomatous meningioma rhabdoid meningioma secretory meningioma skin meningioma spinal meningioma suprasellar meningioma supratentorial meningioma transitional meningioma