Purpose: This study aimed to assess the benefit-risk ratio by determining diagnostic yield and safety of brainstem biopsies in adult patients. The secondary objectives were (i) to compare brainstem biopsy safety and postbiopsy patients' outcomes and survival with those of patients biopsied for a brain or cerebellar lesion, and (ii) to assess the impact of brainstem biopsy on final diagnosis and further therapeutic management.
Methods: Among 1784 stereotactic biopsies performed in adult patients at a tertiary center between April 2009 and October 2020, we retrospectively examined 50 consecutive brainstem biopsies.
Purpose: The improving knowledge of interactions between meningiomas and progestin refines the management of this specific condition. We assessed the changes over time of the management of progestin-associated meningiomas.
Methods: We retrospectively studied consecutive adult patients who had at least one meningioma in the context of progestin intake (October 1995-October 2018) in a tertiary adult Neurosurgical Center.