Last week, Scott Baio took to Facebook to share some sad news: his wife Renee had recently been diagnosed with meningioma, a brain tumor. Although these types of tumors are generally benign, it ...

Meningioma Diagnosis. Meningiomas are rarely diagnosed before they begin to cause symptoms. If symptoms indicate the possibility of a tumor, a doctor may order a brain scan: an MRI and/or a CT ...

Meningioma is the most common type of tumor that develops in the head. The tumor grows from the meninges, the membranes (thin layers of tissue) surrounding your brain and spinal cord.

Symptoms vary depending on the meningioma's location, said Dr. Shaan Raza, an assistant professor of neurosurgery and head and neck surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Most parasagittal meningiomas tend to be slow-growing and noncancerous. Still, treatment is necessary as they can cause serious health problems, such as seizures or problems with coordination.

Meningiomas are the most common type of brain tumor found in Americans, accounting for 33 percent of all diagnosed brain tumors. But the tumor actually isn't inside the brain but on it's outer ...

Meningioma (Frontal). (Left) T1-weighted with gadolinium parasagittal MRI; (Middle) T1-weighted axial MRI; (Right) T1-weighted with gadolinium axial MRI. Note the large, well demarcated mass that is ...