Posterior cranial fossa meningioma

Summary

Posterior cranial fossa meningioma (MONDO:0002919) is a disease. A subtype of skeletal system disorder — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	posterior cranial fossa meningioma
Mondo ID	MONDO:0002919
DOID	DOID:4211
NCIT	C6775
UMLS	C1565950
MedGen	290609
GARD	0023300
Anatomy (UBERON)	UBERON:0008788
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: meningioma (disease) of posterior cranial fossa · meningioma of posterior cranial fossa · meningioma of the posterior cranial fossa · posterior cranial fossa meningioma (disease)

Disease family

This is a subtype of skeletal system disorder. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › musculoskeletal system disorder › skeletal system disorder › posterior cranial fossa meningioma

Related subtypes (47): symphalangism, cartilage cancer, vertebral column disorder, patellar tendinitis, necrosis of ear ossicle, laryngeal cartilage cancer, ochronosis disorder, chondroma, periodontal disorder, anterior cranial fossa meningioma, middle cranial fossa meningioma, bone marrow disorder, cranial nodular fasciitis, flatfoot, bone disorder, skeletal tuberculosis, arthropathy, tooth disorder, primary basilar invagination, Brachymorphism-onychodysplasia-dysphalangism syndrome, cherubism, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, Marfan syndrome, Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome, scalp defects-postaxial polydactyly syndrome, cartilage-hair hypoplasia, Teebi-Shaltout syndrome, short stature-auditory canal atresia-mandibular hypoplasia-skeletal anomalies syndrome, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine, temtamy preaxial brachydactyly syndrome, metaphyseal undermodeling, spondylar dysplasia, and overgrowth, Al-Gazali syndrome, brachydactyly-syndactyly syndrome, endocrine-cerebro-osteodysplasia syndrome, metaphyseal chondromatosis with D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria, multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3, Rienhoff syndrome, Coffin-Siris syndrome, microcephaly-brachydactyly-kyphoscoliosis syndrome, cartilage development disorder, syndactyly, polydactyly, brachydactyly, sternal neoplasm, short stature, amelogenesis imperfecta, and skeletal dysplasia with scoliosis, skeletal ligament disorder, brachydactyly-syndactyly-oligodactyly syndrome

Subtypes (1): clivus meningioma

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.