Hepatic and skeletal metastases from primary intracranial atypical meningioma.
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چکیده
Meningioma constitutes 27% of primary CNS tumours. It rarely metastasizes to distant sites (< 0.1%). Here, we present a case report of primary atypical intracranial meningioma metastasizing to liver and bone after 4 years of surgery and postoperative radiotherapy presenting with multiple episodes of hypoglycemia.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
دوره 19 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009