Abstract

Meningiomas are slow growing tumors, with a huge substructure in dura mater, which constitute from neoplasic meningotelial cells. Computed tomography (CT) is the basic technique for evaluating the pathological processes in the brain. While, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most effective technique for the evaluation of brain structures and their pathologies. This study presents the effectiveness of CT and MRI in imaging the development of meningiomas of the basis crani anterior during 2005-2008 year period in UCCK, in Prishtina, as well as the importance of CT and MRI in their diagnostics. From a total number of 27 cases of meningeomas, 8 cases were meningiomas of basis crani anterior, out of which 1 case was olfactory meningioma, 4 cases were sphenoidal and 3 cases were suprasellar meningiomas. It is observed that female sex dominates in relation with male sex (66.7%). The highest percentage of meningiomas was found at the group age 51–60 (48.1%). CT and MRI enable a correct diagnosis of basis crani meningiomas in most of cases, but are impossible to predict the patients’ outcomes.

Key words: meningioma, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging