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Three cases of pediatric cystic meningioma are reported. In a review of the literature the authors stress the importance and difficulty of accurate preoperative diagnosis. Cystic meningioma in pediatric patients differs from that in adults in the following respects: higher incidence, predilection for males, shorter clinical history, less specific neuroradiological diagnosis, frequent absence of a dural attachment, prevalence of Nauta type II cystic meningioma, and high incidence of the fibroblastic histotype.
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Artico, M., Ferrante, L., Cervoni, L. et al. Pediatric cystic meningioma: report of three cases. Child's Nerv Syst 11, 137–140 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00570253
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