**1. Introduction**

Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors[1]. Their origin from the arachnoid layer was first hypothesized by John Cleland in 1864 [2] and then reasserted by Cushing and Weed in 1915 [3]. Meningiomas are classified according to their dural attach‐ ment and histological grading. The 2000 WHO histological classification has been modified in 2007, and the epidemiology of more aggressive subtypes has thus recently changed [4]. Meningiomas may be incidental and asymptomatic, or they may present clinically with focal neurological deficit in accordance with a mass effect on an eloquent area or with epileptic seizures.

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Surgery represents the mainstay of the treatment, but the management of more aggressive meningioma is challenging. The role of adjuvant therapies should thus be discussed in cases of more aggressive histological types, subtotal resection and recurrent diseases.
