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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
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With over 800 pediatric clinicians on staff, we’re dedicated to helping you connect with the right specialist for your needs.
We have expertise in treating children and educating families on hundreds of different conditions.
We use cutting-edge, specialized treatments and procedures to ensure the best care for your child.
A meningioma is a relatively uncommon childhood tumor that grows from the middle of the three membranes layers that cover the brain and spinal cord. They are usually benign (do not spread) a small percentage however may be malignant, but as they grow they can put pressure on the brain, spinal cord or skull.
Being a boy, having a diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis 2, or having had previous head irradiation for other reasons, seem to be associated with meningiomas in childhood.
Symptoms depend on where the tumor grows. Symptoms can include:
Where possible, the best treatment method is to remove the whole tumor surgically. Sometimes, because of it its position some tumors cannot be totally removed. Radiation therapy may then be used to shrink the tumor or to kill cells left over from a partially removed one.
Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP
This page was last updated on: May 22, 2023 11:22 AM
We offer the most comprehensive multidisciplinary center, providing specialized treatment of childhood tumors of the brain and spinal cord.
A tumor that grows in the tissues around, or spreads from a different site to the spinal cord region, it is known as a spinal cord tumor.
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a medical term that refers to a group of three unique but related disorders of the nervous system: NF1, NF2 and schwannomatosis.
Radiation therapy is a common form of cancer treatment. It refers to exposing the body to beams of radiation that are used to kill cancer cells and prevent them from coming back.