Ossified metaplastic meningiomas: A systematic review on a rare subset of “brain stones”

• Federica Paolini,
• Gianluca Scalia,
• Francesca Graziano,
• Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana,
• Rosario Maugeri,
• Domenico Gerardo Iacopino,
• Giovanni Federico Nicoletti

Affiliations

Federica Paolini

Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Postgraduate Residency Program in Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgical Clinic, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Palermo, Italy

Gianluca Scalia

Neurosurgery Unit, Highly Specialized Hospital and of National Importance “Garibaldi”, Catania, Italy; Corresponding author. Neurosurgery Unit, Highly Specialized Hospital and of National Importance “Garibaldi”, Piazza Santa Maria di Gesù, 5, 95124, Catania, Italy.

Francesca Graziano

Neurosurgery Unit, Highly Specialized Hospital and of National Importance “Garibaldi”, Catania, Italy

Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana

Department of Neurosurgery, Cannizzaro Hospital, Trauma Center, Gamma Knife Center, Catania, Italy

Rosario Maugeri

Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Postgraduate Residency Program in Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgical Clinic, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Palermo, Italy

Domenico Gerardo Iacopino

Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Postgraduate Residency Program in Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgical Clinic, AOUP “Paolo Giaccone”, Palermo, Italy

Giovanni Federico Nicoletti

Neurosurgery Unit, Highly Specialized Hospital and of National Importance “Garibaldi”, Catania, Italy