Purely Intraforaminal Meningioma in the Cervical Spine
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چکیده
Meningiomas are mostly benign intradural tumors. Concerning the spine, some of them can extend outside canal or even develop extradurally but their primary attach is often located in vertebral canal. Here we present case an exceptional purely intraforaminal meningioma mimicking a neurogenic tumor, involving artery and presenting with cervicobrachial neuralgia slight motor deficit.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Neurosurgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1878-8769', '1878-8750']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.006