Primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis in a domestic shorthaired cat
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Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis.
Dr. André Leite Gonçalves – Division of Child Neurology / Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia Rua Botucatu 720 – 04023-900 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Glioma arising primarily from the leptomeninges is extremely rare and often diagnosed only in postmortem examination. It is thought to derive from heterotopic nests of neuroglial tissue within the leptomeninges, w...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1040-6387,1943-4936
DOI: 10.1177/1040638718822683