Ten women (age : 42 to 82) with spinal menigiomas were treated surgically between January 1989 and July 2001. All menigiomas were intradural-extramedullary. Histopathological subtypes were meningotheliomatous in four cases (cervical level in two cases and thoracic level in two cases) and psammomatous in six cases (thoracic level). MRI revealed dural tail sign in four cases and CT revealed direct tumor sign (calcification or ossification) in four cases (psammomatous type). Surgical results were excellent except for one recurrence case. Cell counts in the celebro-spinal fluid significantly correlated with the prognosis. (Pearson's correlation coefficient ; P<0.05)
