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Descriptive epidemiology of 399 histologically confirmed newly diagnosed meningeal solitary fibrous tumours and haemangiopericytomas in France: 2006-2015

Charles Champeaux Depond et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). .

Abstract

Purpose: Meningeal solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) and haemangiopericytoma (HPC) are uncommon tumours that have been merged into a single entity in the last 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System. To describe the epidemiology of SFT/HPC operated in France and, to assess their incidence.

Methods: We processed the French Brain Tumour Database (FBTDB) to conduct a nationwide population-based study of all histopathologically confirmed SFT/HPC between 2006 and 2015.

Results: Our study included 399 SFT/HPC patients, operated in France between 2006 and 2015, in one of the 46 participating neurosurgical centres. The incidence reached 0.062, 95%CI[0.056-0.068] for 100,000 person-years. SFT accounted for 35.8% and, HPC for 64.2%. The ratio of SFT/HPC over meningioma operated during the same period was 0.013. SFT/HPC are about equally distributed in women and men (55.9% vs. 44.1%). For the whole population, mean age at surgery was 53.9 (SD ± 15.8) years. The incidence of SFT/HPC surgery increases with the age and, is maximal for the 50-55 years category. Benign SFT/HPC accounted for 65.16%, SFT/HPC of uncertain behaviour for 11.53% and malignant ones for 23.31%. The number of resection progresses as the histopathological behaviour became more aggressive. 6.7% of the patients with a benign SFT/HPC had a second surgery vs.16.6% in case of uncertain behaviour and, 28.4% for malignant SFT/HPC patients.

Conclusion: Meningeal SFT and HPC are rare CNS mesenchymal tumours which both share common epidemiological characteristics, asserting their merging under a common entity. SFT/HPC incidence is less that one case for 1 billion per year and, for around 100 meningiomas-like tumours removed, one SFT/HPC may be diagnosed. SFT/HPC are equally distributed in women and men and, are mainly diagnosed around 50-55 years. The more aggressive the tumour, the higher the probability of recurrence.

Keywords: Database; Epidemiology; Haemangiopericytoma; Nationwide; Solitary fibrous tumour.

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