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Choroid plexus carcinoma: A case report
Choroid plexus tumor (CPT) is a rare neoplasm, arising from the neuroepithelial lining.1 After its first description in 1832, more than 500 CPT patients have been described in literature.2 Three quarters of the patients are children, with tumors most often found in the lateral ventricles. In adults, the fourth ventricle and its recesses are the most common sites of origin.1 The histopathology o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.251