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Meningeal Neoplasms

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Definition: Benign and malignant neoplastic processes that arise from or secondarily involve the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord.  coord IM with histol type of neopl (IM); for intracranial or spinal meningioma, see note on MENINGIOMA; intradural extramedullary neopl do not go here: index under SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS & do not try to locate "intradural" or "extramedullary"; meningeal l   
Examples Meningeal Carcinomatosis; Meningioma 		Other names Spinal Meningeal Neoplasms; Intracranial Meningeal Neoplasms; Tumors, Meningeal; Tumor, Meningeal; Spinal Meningeal Neoplasm; Neoplasms, Spinal Meningeal; Neoplasms, Malignant Meningeal; Neoplasms, Intracranial Meningeal; Neoplasms, Benign Meningeal; Neoplasm, Spinal Meningeal; Neoplasm, Meningeal; Neoplasm, Malignant Meningeal; Neoplasm, Leptomeningeal; Neoplasm, Intracranial Meningeal; Neoplasm, Benign Meningeal; Meningeal Tumor; Meningeal Neoplasms, Spinal; Meningeal Neoplasm, Spinal; Meningeal Neoplasm, Malignant; Meningeal Neoplasm, Intracranial

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