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The diagnosis of a cervical extradural meningioma was made preoperatively on the basis of angiographic criteria. The entire extent of the tumor that partially encircled the dural sac could be demonstrated with regional spinal angiography.
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Sartor, K., Fliedner, E. & Pfingst, E. Angiographic demonstration of cervical extradural meningioma. Neuroradiology 14, 147–149 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333059
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333059