Meningioma historical perspective
|
Meningioma Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Meningioma historical perspective On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Meningioma historical perspective |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Meningioma historical perspective |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]
Overview
Meningioma was first discovered by Dr Felix Platter, a Swiss physician, in the 16th century.[1][2]
Historical Perspective
- Meningioma was first discovered by Dr Felix Platter, a Swiss physician, in the 16th century.[2]
- The term meningioma was first used to describe the tumor by Dr. Harvey Cushing, an American neurosurgeon, in 1922.[3][4]
- In 1770, the first successful surgery for removal of a skull convexity meningioma was performed by Anoine Luisa, a French surgeon at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.[3]
- In 1835, the first successful surgery for removal of a skull base meningiom was performed by Zanobi Pecchioli, a professor of Surgery at the University of Siena.[3]
- The earliest evidence of a probable meningioma is from a skull found in Germany that dates back to 365,000 years ago.[3]
References
- ↑ Felix Plater. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Plater Accessed on September, 25th 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bir SC, Maiti TK, Bollam P, Nanda A (2015). "Felix Platter and a historical perspective of the meningioma". Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 134: 75–8. doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.02.018. PMID 25965286.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Meningioma history and nomenclature. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningioma#History_and_nomenclature Accessed on September, 25th 2015
- ↑ Meningeoma. Radiopaedia(2015)http://radiopaedia.org/articles/meningioma Accessed on September, 25th 2015