Abstract:Objective: To investigate the epidemiologic peculiarity,clinical presentations,radiological features and pathological factors of intraparenchymal and/or subcortical meningiomas.Methods: The authors retrospectively studied two patients with intraparenchymal meningiomas operated in recent years and reviewed 17 patients with intraparenchymal and/or subcortical meningiomas reported in the literature.Results: In the 19 cases,eight patients were male and eleven were female.The male to female ratio was 1:1.38.The age of the 19 cases ranged from 1 to 73 years,and the median age was 17 years.The initial symptoms of the 19 cases were predominantly epilepsies(52.6%),and next to it were headaches(26.3%).Except for two cases due to lack of the data of CT and MRI,seven(41.2%) were cystic meningiomas,twelve(70.6%) displayed peritumoral edema,and three(17.6%) were accompanied with calcification among the other 17 cases of intraparenchymal and/or subcortical meningiomas.Out of the 19 cases,WHO gradeⅠmade up 78.9%(15 cases),WHO grade Ⅱ 15.8%(three cases) and WHO grade Ⅲ 5.3%(one case).Most of WHO grade I intraparenchymal and/or subcortical meningiomas were fibroblastic,which made up 73.3%.Conclusions: Compared with the common meningioma,intraparenchymal and/or subcortical meningioma is more often occurring in male,and at younger age.The initial symptom is predominantly epilepsies.The incidence of cysts and WHO gradeⅡand Ⅲ meningiomas is higher.The most of WHO gradeⅠintraparenchymal and/or subcortical meningiomas were fibroblastic,a sharp different from common meningiomas.