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Intraparenchymal meningioma: an unusual radiologic and anatomic presentation of a meningioma. Case report

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The authors describe a case of a completely intrinsic brain tumor which was resected totally and which proved to be a meningioma. In correlation with this anatomic diversity, the MRI findings also significantly differed from that of the known radiologic features of classical meningioma.

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  1. Clinic of Neurosurgery, Social Security Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Metin Sanh, Nur Altínörs & Orhan Demiralp

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Sanh, M., Altínörs, N. & Demiralp, O. Intraparenchymal meningioma: an unusual radiologic and anatomic presentation of a meningioma. Case report. Neurosurg. Rev. 19, 285–287 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314848

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