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Millward CP, Keshwara SM, Islim AI, Jenkinson MD, Alalade AF, Gilkes CE. Development and Growth of Intracranial Meningiomas in Transgender Women Taking Cyproterone Acetate as Gender-Affirming Progestogen Therapy: A Systematic Review. Transgend Health 2022; 7:473-483. [PMID: 36644118 PMCID: PMC9829145 DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2021.0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background Gender-affirming hormone therapy is critical to the management of transgender persons. Cyproterone acetate (CPA) is a synthetic, progesterone-like compound commonly used in high doses as gender-affirming progestogen therapy in transgender women. An association between high-dose CPA and the development and growth of intracranial meningioma, including case reports in transgender women, has been described. This systematic review summarizes these cases at the patient level and discusses their management. Methods This systematic review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020191965). A detailed search of the PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science electronic bibliographic databases was performed (inception-December 20, 2020). Two review authors independently completed screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in duplicate. Results Nine records were included describing (n=12) individual case reports and (n=35) intracranial meningiomas. The median age at presentation was 48 years (interquartile range [IQR], 43-55 years), most frequent daily CPA doses were 50 mg/day (n=5) and 100 mg/day (n=5), and the median duration of CPA use was 9.5 years (IQR, 6.5-17.5 years). Multiple meningiomas were common (n=7). For most cases (n=10), surgical resection was the initial preferred management strategy, but two were successfully managed by CPA cessation. Conclusions Transgender women receiving high doses of CPA may be at increased risk of intracranial meningioma development and/or growth, although this remains a rare disease. For presumed CPA-associated meningioma, drug cessation appears to be an appropriate management strategy when surgery is not imminently required to manage raised intracranial pressure or prevent neurological deterioration. Given the importance of gender-affirming hormone therapy to transgender persons, a suitable alternative hormone regimen should be offered, although the use of CPA in both high doses and for prolonged periods of time is now in decline.
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- Christopher Paul Millward
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Samoyeau T, Provost C, Roux A, Legrand L, Dezamis E, Plu-Bureau G, Pallud J, Oppenheim C, Benzakoun J. Meningioma in patients exposed to progestin drugs: results from a real-life screening program. J Neurooncol 2022; 160:127-136. [PMID: 36066786 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-022-04124-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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PURPOSE To report the results of systematic meningioma screening program implemented by French authorities in patients exposed to progestin therapies (cyproterone (CPA), nomegestrol (NA), and chlormadinone (CMA) acetate). METHODS We conducted a prospective monocentric study on patients who, between September 2018 and April 2021, underwent standardized MRI (injection of gadolinium, then a T2 axial FLAIR and a 3D-T1 gradient-echo sequence) for meningioma screening. RESULTS Of the 210 included patients, 15 (7.1%) had at least one meningioma; seven (7/15, 47%) had multiple meningiomas. Meningiomas were more frequent in older patients and after exposure to CPA (13/103, 13%) compared to NA (1/22, 4%) or CMA (1/85, 1%; P = 0.005). After CPA exposure, meningiomas were associated with longer treatment duration (median = 20 vs 7 years, P = 0.001) and higher cumulative dose (median = 91 g vs. 62 g, P = 0.014). Similarly, their multiplicity was associated with higher dose of CPA (median = 244 g vs 61 g, P = 0.027). Most meningiomas were ≤ 1 cm3 (44/58, 76%) and were convexity meningiomas (36/58, 62%). At diagnosis, patients were non-symptomatic, and all were managed conservatively. Among 14 patients with meningioma who stopped progestin exposure, meningioma burden decreased in 11 (79%) cases with no case of progression during MR follow-up. CONCLUSION Systematic MR screening in progestin-exposed patients uncovers small and multiple meningiomas, which can be managed conservatively, decreasing in size after progestin discontinuation. The high rate of meningiomas after CPA exposure reinforces the need for systematic screening. For NA and CMA, further studies are needed to identify patients most likely to benefit from screening.
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- Thomas Samoyeau
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), INSERM U 1266, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France.,Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Service de Neuroradiologie, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), INSERM U 1266, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France.,Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Service de Neuroradiologie, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), INSERM U 1266, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France.,Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), INSERM U 1266, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France.,Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Service de Neuroradiologie, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), INSERM U 1266, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France.,Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Unité de gynécologie endocrinienne, Hôpital Cochin-Port-Royal, 123 Boulevard Port-Royal, Paris, France.,Obstetrical Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, EPOPé, Centre for Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS), INSERM U1153, Paris, France
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- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), INSERM U 1266, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France.,Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), INSERM U 1266, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France.,Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Service de Neuroradiologie, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), INSERM U 1266, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France. .,Service de Neuroradiologie, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
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Hage M, Plesa O, Lemaire I, Raffin Sanson ML. Estrogen and Progesterone Therapy and Meningiomas. Endocrinology 2022; 163:6479628. [PMID: 34935947 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqab259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Meningiomas are common intracranial tumors with a female predominance. Their etiology is still poorly documented. The role of sexual hormones has long been evoked, and data have been conflicting across studies. However, a dose-dependent relationship between the incidence and growth of meningiomas and hormonal treatment with the progestin cyproterone acetate (CPA) has recently been established. CPA-associated meningiomas seem to be mainly located in the anterior and middle skull base, are more likely to be multiple, may harbor P1K3CA mutations in up to one-third of cases, and are more common with a longer duration of treatment. A similar but lower risk of meningiomas has been recently reported with the use of chlormadinone acetate and nomegestrol acetate as progestin treatments. Concerning hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) in menopausal patients, evidence from epidemiological studies seem to favor an increased risk of meningiomas in treated patients although a recent study failed to show an increased growth of meningiomas in HRT treated vs nontreated patients. Until larger studies are available, it seems wise to recommend avoiding HRT in patients with meningiomas. Evidence from published data does not seem to support an increased risk of meningiomas with oral contraceptive oral contraceptive (OR) use. Data are too scarce to conclude on fertility treatments. Based on studies demonstrating the expression of hormonal receptors in meningiomas, therapies targeting these receptors have been tried but have failed to show an overall favorable clinical outcome in meningioma treatment.
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- Mirella Hage
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Paré, Service d'Endocrinologie Diabétologie et Nutrition, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, F-92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Paré, Service d'Endocrinologie Diabétologie et Nutrition, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, F-92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Paré, Service d'Endocrinologie Diabétologie et Nutrition, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, F-92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Paré, Service d'Endocrinologie Diabétologie et Nutrition, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, F-92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France
- EA4340, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UFR des Sciences de la Santé Simone Veil, F-78423 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
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Passeri T, Giammattei L, Le Van T, Abbritti R, Perrier A, Wong J, Bourneix C, Polivka M, Adle-Biassette H, Bernat AL, Masliah-Planchon J, Mandonnet E, Froelich S. Atypical evolution of meningiomatosis after discontinuation of cyproterone acetate: clinical cases and histomolecular characterization. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2022; 164:255-263. [PMID: 34613529 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-021-05005-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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PURPOSE The long-term use of cyproterone acetate (CPA) is associated with an increased risk of developing intracranial meningiomas. CPA discontinuation most often induces a stabilization or regression of the tumor. The underlying biological mechanisms as well as the reasons why some meningiomas still grow after CPA discontinuation remain unknown. We reported a series of patients presenting CPA-induced meningiomatosis with opposed tumor evolutions following CPA discontinuation, highlighting the underlying histological and genetic features. METHODS Patients presenting several meningiomas with opposite tumor evolution (coexistence of growing and shrinking tumors) following CPA discontinuation were identified. Clinical and radiological data were reviewed. A retrospective volumetric analysis of the meningiomas was performed. All the growing meningiomas were operated. Each operated tumor was characterized by histological and genetic analyses. RESULTS Four women with multiple meningiomas and opposite tumor volume evolutions after CPA discontinuation were identified. Histopathological analysis characterized the convexity and tentorial tumors which continued to grow after CPA discontinuation as fibroblastic meningiomas. The decreasing skull base tumor was characterized as a fibroblastic meningioma with increased fibrosis and a widespread collagen formation. The two growing skull base meningiomas were identified as meningothelial and transitional meningiomas. The molecular characterization found two NF2 mutations among the growing meningiomas and a PIK3CA mutation in the skull base tumor which decreased. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the first report describing an atypical tumor evolution of CPA-associated meningiomas after CPA discontinuation. The underlying biological mechanisms explaining this observation and especially the close relationship between mutational landscapes and embryologic origins of the meninges in CPA-related meningiomas as well as their clonal origin require further research.
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- Thibault Passeri
- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France.
- Department of Genetics, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Genetics, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- Department of Anatomopathology, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Anatomopathology, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, University of Paris, Paris, France
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Progestin-related WHO grade II meningiomas behavior-a single-institution comparative case series. Neurosurg Rev 2021; 45:1691-1699. [PMID: 34850321 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-021-01708-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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WHO grade II progestin-related meningiomas have been reported in recent series but we found no previous study describing their long-term outcome. Our study aimed to evaluate patients operated on for high-grade intracranial meningioma and who underwent long-term exposure to high dose of cyproterone acetate, nomegestrol acetate, and chlormadinone acetate. Our study retrospectively included 9 patients with high-grade progestin-related intracranial meningioma between December 2006 and September 2021. In each patient, clinico-radiological follow-up was performed every 6 months after diagnosis and treatment withdrawal recommendation. The mean progestative exposure was 11.4 years. Edema existence or absence of cleft sign on MRI were the key factors for surgical indication. All patients underwent surgery. Adjuvant radiotherapy was indicated in 1 patient, and Gamma Knife radiosurgery was proposed in 2 other patients for a second location of meningioma. Six patients harbored a grade II chordoid meningioma subtype with 100% PR expression and 3 patients a grade II atypical meningioma subtype with lower PR expression. The mean follow-up was 8.1 years and none of the 9 patients presented with a recurrence. Patients with grade II progestin-related meningiomas have less tumor recurrence after surgery than patients with sporadic grade II meningiomas, especially after progestin withdrawal. The presence/appearance of peri-meningioma edema and the absence of cleft sign before volumetric change should suggest the existence of an underlying WHO grade II meningiomas. In these cases, surgical resection may immediately be considered and adjuvant radiotherapy should be reserved for proven recurrence cases.
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Graillon T, Boissonneau S, Appay R, Boucekine M, Peyrière H, Meyer M, Farah K, Albarel F, Morange I, Castinetti F, Brue T, Fuentes S, Figarella-Branger D, Cuny T, Dufour H. Meningiomas in patients with long-term exposition to progestins: Characteristics and outcome. Neurochirurgie 2021; 67:556-563. [PMID: 33989642 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2021.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe progestin-associated meningiomas' characteristics, outcome and management. MATERIAL AND METHODS We included 53 patients operated on and/or followed in the department for meningioma with progestin intake longer than one year and with recent drug discontinuation. RESULTS Cyproterone acetate (CPA), nomegestrol acetate (NomA), and chlormadinone acetate (ChlA) were involved in most cases. Mean duration of progestin drugs intake was 17.5 years. Tumors were multiple in 66% of cases and were located in the anterior and the medial skull base in 71% of cases. Transitional subtype represented 16/25 tumors; 19 meningiomas were WHO grade I and 6 were grade II. The rate of transitional subtype and skull base location was significantly higher compared to matched operated meningioma general population. No difference was observed given WHO classification. But Ki67 proliferation index tends to be lower and 5/6 of the WHO grade II meningiomas were classified as WHO grade II because of brain invasion. Strong progesterone receptors expression was observed in most cases. After progestin discontinuation, a spontaneous visual recovery was observed in 6/10 patients. Under CPA (n=24) and ChlA/NomA (n=11), tumor volume decreased in 71% and 18% of patients, was stabilized in 25% and 64% of patients, and increased in 4% and 18% of patients, respectively. Volume outcome was related to meningioma location. CONCLUSIONS Outcome at progestins discontinuation is favorable but different comparing CPA versus ChlA-NomA and comparing tumor location. Long-term follow-up is required. In most cases, simple observation is recommended and surgery should be avoided.
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- T Graillon
- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, INSERM, MMG, Department of Neursurgery, CHU Timone, La Timone Hospital, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille, France.
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, AP-HM, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, CHU Timone, Service de Neuro-chirurgie, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, AP-HM, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, CHU Timone, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique et de Neuropathologie, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, School of medicine - La Timone Medical Campus, EA 3279 CEReSS - Health Service Research and Quality of Life Center, 27, bd Jean Moulin cedex 05, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital La Timone, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital La Timone, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital La Timone, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, INSERM, MMG, Department of Endocrinology, Hospital La Conception, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, INSERM, MMG, Department of Endocrinology, Hospital La Conception, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, INSERM, MMG, Department of Endocrinology, Hospital La Conception, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, INSERM, MMG, Department of Endocrinology, Hospital La Conception, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital La Timone, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, AP-HM, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, CHU Timone, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique et de Neuropathologie, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, INSERM, MMG, Department of Endocrinology, Hospital La Conception, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, AP-HM, INSERM, MMG, Department of Neursurgery, CHU Timone, La Timone Hospital, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille, France
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Weill A, Nguyen P, Labidi M, Cadier B, Passeri T, Duranteau L, Bernat AL, Yoldjian I, Fontanel S, Froelich S, Coste J. Use of high dose cyproterone acetate and risk of intracranial meningioma in women: cohort study. BMJ 2021; 372:n37. [PMID: 33536184 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of meningioma associated with use of high dose cyproterone acetate, a progestogen indicated for clinical hyperandrogenism. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING Data from SNDS, the French administrative healthcare database, between 2007 and 2015. PARTICIPANTS 253 777 girls and women aged 7-70 years living in France who started cyproterone acetate between 2007 and 2014. Participants had at least one reimbursement for high dose cyproterone acetate and no history of meningioma or benign brain tumour, or long term disease status. Participants were considered to be exposed when they had received a cumulative dose of at least 3 g during the first six months (139 222 participants) and very slightly exposed (control group) when they had received a cumulative dose of less than 3 g (114 555 participants). 10 876 transgender participants (male to female) were included in an additional analysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Surgery (resection or decompression) or radiotherapy for one or more intracranial meningiomas. RESULTS Overall, 69 meningiomas in the exposed group (during 289 544 person years of follow-up) and 20 meningiomas in the control group (during 439 949 person years of follow-up) were treated by surgery or radiotherapy. The incidence of meningioma in the two groups was 23.8 and 4.5 per 100 000 person years, respectively (crude relative risk 5.2, 95% confidence interval 3.2 to 8.6; adjusted hazard ratio 6.6, 95% confidence interval 4.0 to 11.1). The adjusted hazard ratio for a cumulative dose of cyproterone acetate of more than 60 g was 21.7 (10.8 to 43.5). After discontinuation of cyproterone acetate for one year, the risk of meningioma in the exposed group was 1.8-fold higher (1.0 to 3.2) than in the control group. In a complementary analysis, 463 women with meningioma were observed among 123 997 already using cyproterone acetate in 2006 (risk of 383 per 100 000 person years in the group with the highest exposure in terms of cumulative dose). Meningiomas located in the anterior skull base and middle skull base, particularly the medial third of the middle skull base, involving the spheno-orbital region, appeared to be specific to cyproterone acetate. An additional analysis of transgender participants showed a high risk of meningioma (three per 14 460 person years; 20.7 per 100 000 person years). CONCLUSIONS A strong dose-effect relation was observed between use of cyproterone acetate and risk of intracranial meningiomas. A noticeable reduction in risk was observed after discontinuation of treatment.
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- Alain Weill
- Department of Public Health Studies, French National Health Insurance, Paris, France
- EPI-PHARE Scientific Interest Group, Saint-Denis, France
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- EPI-PHARE Scientific Interest Group, Saint-Denis, France
- French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM), Saint-Denis, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Public Health Studies, French National Health Insurance, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Gynaecology Unit and Reference Center for Rare Diseases of Genital Development, AP-HP, University Paris Saclay, Bicêtre Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM), Saint-Denis, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Public Health Studies, French National Health Insurance, Paris, France
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Malaize H, Samoyeau T, Zanello M, Roux A, Benzakoun J, Peeters S, Zah-Bi G, Edjlali M, Tauziede-Espariat A, Dezamis E, Parraga E, Chrétien F, Varlet P, Plu-Bureau G, Oppenheim C, Pallud J. Evolution of the neurosurgical management of progestin-associated meningiomas: a 23-year single-center experience. J Neurooncol 2021; 152:279-288. [PMID: 33449307 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-021-03696-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE The improving knowledge of interactions between meningiomas and progestin refines the management of this specific condition. We assessed the changes over time of the management of progestin-associated meningiomas. METHODS We retrospectively studied consecutive adult patients who had at least one meningioma in the context of progestin intake (October 1995-October 2018) in a tertiary adult Neurosurgical Center. RESULTS 71 adult women with 125 progestin-associated meningiomas were included. The number of progestin-associated meningioma patients increased over time (0.5/year before 2008, 22.0/year after 2017). Progestin treatment was an approved indication in 27.0%. A mean of 1.7 ± 1.2 meningiomas were discovered per patient (median 1, range 1-6). Surgery was performed on 36 (28.8%) meningiomas and the histopathologic grading was WHO grade 1 in 61.1% and grade 2 in 38.9%. The conservative management of meningiomas increased over time (33.3% before 2008, 64.3% after 2017) and progestin treatment withdrawal increased over time (16.7% before 2008, 95.2% after 2017). Treatment withdrawal varied depending on the progestin derivative used (88.9% with cyproterone acetate, 84.6% with chlormadinone acetate, 28.6% with nomegestrol acetate, 66.7% with progestin derivative combination). The main reason for therapeutic management of meningiomas was the presence of clinical signs. Among the 54 meningiomas managed conservatively for which the progestin had been discontinued, MRI follow-up demonstrated a regression in 29.6%, a stability in 68.5%, and an ongoing growth in 1.9% of cases. CONCLUSIONS Conservative management, including progestin treatment discontinuation, has grown over time with promising results in terms of efficacy and safety.
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- Henri Malaize
- Department of Neurosurgery, Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Department of Neuroradiology, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), UMR S1266, INSERM, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), UMR S1266, INSERM, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Department of Neuroradiology, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), UMR S1266, INSERM, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Department of Neuroradiology, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), UMR S1266, INSERM, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Department of Neuropathology, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), UMR S1266, INSERM, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France
- Department of Neuropathology, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
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- Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, INSERM U1153, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France
- Gynecology Endocrinology Unit, University Hospital Paris Centre, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Department of Neuroradiology, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), UMR S1266, INSERM, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU site Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
- Université de Paris, Paris, France.
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (IPNP), UMR S1266, INSERM, IMA-BRAIN, Paris, France.
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Sperlbaum T, Kiesel L. Cyproteronacetat und Meningeomrisiko. GYNAKOLOGISCHE ENDOKRINOLOGIE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10304-020-00365-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cyproterone acetate and meningioma: a nationwide-wide population based study. J Neurooncol 2021; 151:331-338. [PMID: 33394263 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-020-03672-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The study the characteristics of surgical meningiomas in female patients who took CPA and to compare this population to a non-CPA control group. MATERIALS AND METHODS We processed the French Système National des Données de Santé (SNDS) database to retrieve appropriate cases operated between 2007 and 2017. RESULTS 1 101 female patients (3.8%) who used to take CPA and underwent a meningioma surgery were extracted from a nationwide population based cohort of 28 924 patients. Median age at CPA prescription was 42 years IQR[36.7-48.9]. The median time between CPA start and surgery was 5.5 years IQR[3.1-7.9]. The median age at surgery was significantly lower in patients who were treated by CPA (47 years, IQR[42-54) compared to the non-CPA population (61 years, IQR[51-70], p < 0.001). Median CPA dose was 40 g, IQR[19-72]. There was a strong correlation between CPA dose and duration (r = 0.58, 95%CI[0.54-0.62], p < 0.001). Middle skull base was the most common (39%) location with a anterior skull base insertion being also far more common compared to the usual population with 21.9% of the tumour. This skull base predominance of CPA-associated meningioma is highly significant (p < 0.001). Increased CPA dose raised the risk of having multiple meningioma surgeries (p < 0.001) and multiple meningioma locations (p < 0.001). Tumour grading was not modified by CPA treatment (p = 0.603). Benign or grade I meningioma accounting for 92%, atypical or grade II for 6.1% and malignant or grade III for 1.9%. CONCLUSION In the past 10 years, a significant number of CPA-induced meningiomas have been removed, modifying the global pyramid of age at surgery for female patients. These tumours occur well before the usual age and are preferentially located on the anterior and middle skull base.
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Salle L, Salle H. What 's the link between otological signs and oral contraception? Eur J Intern Med 2020; 81:85-86. [PMID: 32988699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Laurence Salle
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nutrition, University Hospital of Limoges, 2, avenue Martin Luther King, 87042 Limoges, France.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Limoges, 2, avenue Martin Luther King, 87042 Limoges, France
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Female gender and exogenous progesterone exposition as risk factors for spheno-orbital meningiomas. J Neurooncol 2020; 149:95-101. [PMID: 32705456 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-020-03576-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The great heterogeneity of meningiomas is challenging and we need to distinguish relevant subgroups. Spheno-orbital osteomeningiomas (SOOM) constitute a clinically specific entity, with slow-growing benign osteo-meningiomatous tumors, which recur after surgery in one fourth of cases. Neurosurgical daily practice, supported by the literature, shows that the vast majority of patients with SOOM are women, and we explored whether their epidemiological and hormonal profiles suggest a progesterone influence. METHODS We retrospectively documented all radiologically and histologically confirmed cases of SOOM operated in 2005-2019 in our institution. We completed the clinical and hormone history by systematic telephone interviews. RESULTS In the literature, SOOM occur significantly more often in women than other meningiomas (749/847, 86.4% versus 73.8%, p = 0.002). Among 175 cases, we included 124 patients, 93.5% were women, younger than men (51 ± 5 versus 63 ± 8, p = 0.02). Women' meningiomas showed more progesterone receptors (96.4% versus 50%, p < 0.001). Exogenous hormonal intake, reliable in 82 cases, concerned 83.3% (64/78) of women, with frequent progesterone intake: 13 oestroprogestogenic treatment only, with old-generation progesterone analogs, 41 progesterone analogs (cyproterone acetate, nomegestrol acetate, chlormadinone, promegestone, etonogestrel, levonogestrel), 7 substitutive hormonal therapy for menopause, 3 others. Duration of treatment was 2-40 years, median 10 years. CONCLUSIONS SOOM develop preferentially in women in their fifties, who often received progesterone analogs, and show progesterone receptors. Progesterone analogs are incriminated in skull base meningiomas, and this is the first report on the prevalence of exogenous hormone therapy specifically in SOOM. Whether SOOM reduce after treatment discontinuation, in particular the osteoma part, needs to be explored. Anti-progesterone treatments may represent an avenue for future research in soom.
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Roux A, Tauziede-Espariat A, Zanello M, Gareton A, Malaize H, Benzakoun J, Zah-Bi G, Oppenheim C, Plu-Bureau G, Chretien F, Pallud J. Symptomatic progestin-associated atypical grade II meningioma. A first case report. Neurochirurgie 2020; 66:174-178. [PMID: 32277999 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2019.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Long-term use of high-dose progestin is known to promote the development of meningioma. Atypical meningioma in a patient under progestin has not previously been reported. CASE REPORT A 53-year-old right-handed woman presented with focal onset seizures, without impaired consciousness. Medical history featured endometriosis, treated successively by cyproterone acetate 25mg/day for 2 months then 50mg/day for 101 months, and chlormadinone acetate 5mg/day for 68 months then 10mg/day for 83 months. Brain MRI revealed multiple extra-axial lesions suggestive of left central meningioma associated with anterior skull base meningiomatosis. Surgical resection of the left central meningioma was achieved and progestin was withdrawn. Neuropathology diagnosed grade II atypical meningioma. Close clinical and imaging monitoring was implemented without adjuvant oncological treatment. At 25 months, imaging follow-up showed no recurrence of the left central meningioma and a significant regression of all other lesions, except for the right frontal lesion. CONCLUSIONS Neurosurgeons should be aware of the possible aggressiveness of meningioma in patients under progestin, and particularly those treated by different types of progestin over a long period of time without interruption. This may require systematic close monitoring, to adapt neurosurgical management.
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- A Roux
- Department of Neurosurgery, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR 1266, IMA-Brain, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Neuropathology, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR 1266, IMA-Brain, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; Department of Neuropathology, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR 1266, IMA-Brain, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR 1266, IMA-Brain, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Paris, France; Department of Neuropathology, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR 1266, IMA-Brain, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR 1266, IMA-Brain, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Paris, France; Department of Neuroradiology, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France; Gynecology Endocrinology Unit, University Hospital Paris Centre, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR 1266, IMA-Brain, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Paris, France; Department of Neuropathology, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, GHU de Paris, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR 1266, IMA-Brain, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences of Paris, Paris, France.
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Passeri T, Champagne PO, Bernat AL, Hanakita S, Salle H, Mandonnet E, Froelich S. Spontaneous regression of meningiomas after interruption of nomegestrol acetate: a series of three patients. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2019; 161:761-765. [PMID: 30783806 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-019-03848-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The relationship between increased meningioma incidence and growth and long-term hormonal therapy with cyproterone acetate (CPA) in women has been recently established in literature. Following the raise in awareness from hormonal treatment, we describe a potential relationship between the progesterone agonist nomegestrol acetate (NOMAC) and meningioma growth. METHODS After implementation of a screening protocol to detect potential interactions between hormonal exposure and occurrence of meningioma, we identified patients taking NOMAC and newly diagnosed with a meningioma. NOMAC was stopped and those patients were followed tightly both clinically and radiologically. Retrospective volumetric analysis of the tumors was performed on the imaging. RESULTS Three patients were identified for the study. After cessation of the NOMAC, tumor shrinkage was documented for all meningiomas within the first month. Up to 70% of tumor volume reduction was observed during the first year of follow-up in one of them. None of the patients developed new symptoms. CONCLUSION We report the first cases of meningiomas responsiveness to discontinuation of hormonal therapy with NOMAC. Similarly to cases associated with long-term CPA intake, tumor reduction, and improvement of clinical symptoms can be observed after cessation of NOMAC.
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