Intracerebral metaplastic meningioma with prominent ossification and extensive calcification
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We present a patient (male 26 years) with a short history of recurrent seizures induced by a largely intracerebrally located frontal lobe meningioma. The tumor displayed a heretofore unpublished combination of extensive metaplastic bone formation and prominent non-psammomatous calcifications with focal chicken-wire pattern.
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دوره 3 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011