Table 1:
World Health Organization (WHO) Classification for Meningiomas

WHO I:

Meningiomas, with low risk of recurrence and/or low risk of aggressive growth
WHO II:

Atypical meningiomas, with increased mitotic activity or three or more of the following features: increased cellularity, small cells with high nucleus-to-cytoplasm ratio, prominent nucleoli, uninterrupted patternless or sheetlike growth, and foci of spontaneous or geographic necrosis

WHO III:

Anaplastic (malignant) meningiomas: exhibit frank histologic features of malignancy far in excess of the abnormalities present in atypical meningiomas

  

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