39. Clinical Investigation of Malignant Meningioma
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Primary mediastinal malignant meningioma.
Primary ectopic meningiomas are extremely rare tumors of controversial origin and they are usually limited to the head and neck region. Its occurrence at the mediastinum is even rarer. There has not been any official report regarding primary mediastinal malignant meningioma until today. Because of its rarity and potential value, we report here a case of primary mediastinal malignant meningioma,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.11.136