Choroid Plexus Tumors: Experience of 10 Cases with Special References to Adult Cases
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Choroid Plexus Tumors: Experience of 10 Cases with Special References to Adult Cases
Choroid plexus tumors (CPTs) are rare intraventricular neoplasms accounting for about 0.3-0.6% of all intracranial tumors. This retrospective study on CPTs presents clinico-pathological features and management strategies based on a 20-year single-institutional experience. This series included 10 consecutive patients with pathologically proven CPTs; 5 choroid plexus papillomas (CPPs), 3 atypical...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.oa.2015-0126