Abstract Objective This review synthesized existing studies on the prevalence of chronic pain in Brazil and its associated factors to produce a recent estimation to guide public health politics. Methods A search was carried out in the Ovid Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and BVS Regional/Lilacs databases to identify population-based cross-sectional studies from 2005 to 2020, which reported the prevalence of benign chronic pain in Brazil (more than three months). The risk of bias was assessed using design, sample size determination, and random selection as essential issues. Pooled prevalence estimates were calculated for chronic pain in the general and elderly populations. The protocol was registered on Prospero (CRD42021249678). Results Of the 682 identified, 15 macheted the authors’ inclusion criteria. Chronic pain prevalence in the general adult population ranged from 23.02% to 41.4% (pooled estimate 35.70%, 95% Cis 30.42 to 41.17) and was described as moderate to intense. It was associated with female sex, old age, lower education, intense professional activity, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking, central obesity, mood disorder, and sedentarism. The Southeastern and Southern regions presented a higher prevalence. The prevalence in the elderly population ranged from 29.3% to 76.2% (pooled estimate 47.32%, 95% Cis 33.73 to 61.11). In addition, this population visited doctors more frequently, had more sleep disorders, and was more dependent on daily living activities. Almost fifty percent of both populations with chronic pain reported pain-induced disability. Conclusion Chronic Pain is highly prevalent in Brazil and associated with significant distress, disability, and poorly controlled. politics Medline Embase Science RegionalLilacs Regional Lilacs populationbased based crosssectional cross sectional 200 2020 months. months . months) design determination issues CRD42021249678. CRD42021249678 CRD (CRD42021249678) 68 identified 1 authors criteria 2302 23 02 23.02 414 41 4 41.4 pooled 3570 35 70 35.70% 95 3042 30 42 30.4 41.17 4117 17 sex age education activity consumption smoking obesity disorder sedentarism 293 29 3 29.3 762 76 2 76.2 4732 47 32 47.32% 3373 33 73 33.7 61.11. 6111 61.11 61 11 61.11) addition frequently disorders activities paininduced induced disability distress controlled 20 202 CRD4202124967 (CRD42021249678 6 230 0 23.0 41. 357 7 35.70 9 304 30. 41.1 411 29. 76. 473 47.32 337 33. 611 61.1 CRD420212496 (CRD4202124967 23. 35.7 47.3 61. CRD42021249 (CRD420212496 35. 47. CRD4202124 (CRD42021249 CRD420212 (CRD4202124 CRD42021 (CRD420212 CRD4202 (CRD42021 CRD420 (CRD4202 CRD42 (CRD420 CRD4 (CRD42 (CRD4 (CRD

Os autores rebatam dois casos de meningioma da goteira olfativa em pacientes com câncer da mama. Referem três eventualidades que ocorrem em ambas as neoplasias: período etário predominante entre quinta e sexta décadas; presença em ambas de receptores de hormônios esteróides; e predominância do sexo feminino entre os meningiomas. Recomendam exame das mamas em mulheres com meningiomas e especulam sobre a possibilidade futura de tratamento hormonal coadjuvante para estes tumores. As imagens tomográficas feitas para controle pós-operatório ou quando aparecem sintomas neurológicos nem sempre diferenciam metástases de meningiomas, daí, às vezes, necessidade de verificação cirúrgica.

Two cases of olfactory groove meningiomas are presented in patients with breast cancer. Predominance of breast cancer and meningiomas in the age decades of the forties and the fifties, presence of steroid hormones receptors in both and prevalence of meningiomas in women are referred as significant correlations. Examination of the breast of women with meningiomas is recommended. Tomographic images are sometimes atypical, and a surgical intervention may be necessary.