Hepatic metastasis from intracranial meningioma.
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چکیده
A 38 year old man presented with a hepatic mass which biopsy showed to be a metastasis from an intracranial meningioma. The meningioma originally followed cranial radiotherapy. Previous reports of extracranial metastases are reviewed.
منابع مشابه
Delayed hepatic metastasis from a benign fibroblastic meningioma thirty-one years after surgical resection of the intracranial tumor.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 63 737 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987