tumor of meninges
MONDO:0016743Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names tumor of meninges yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the meninges. The majority of the neoplasms arise from meningothelial cells and are called meningiomas. Non-meningothelial cell neoplasms include mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumors, hemangiopericytomas, and melanocytic lesions.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016743), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
20 names
Resolves to: tumor of meninges
- Also called
- meningeal cluster neoplasmmeningeal cluster neoplasm (disease)meningeal cluster rare nervous system tumormeningeal cluster rare nervous system tumourmeningeal cluster tumormeningeal cluster tumourmeningeal neoplasmmeningeal neoplasmsmeningeal tumormeningeal tumourmeninges neoplasmmeninges tumormeninges tumourneoplasm of meningeal clusterneoplasm of meningesneoplasm of the meninges