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A five year-old child with clear cell petro-clival meningioma: case report with clinical and histopathological long-term follow-up.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Nov 2015
Juratli Tareq A, Geiger Kathrin D, Weigel Patrick, von der Hagen Maja, Daubner Dirk, Pinzer Thomas, Hahn Gabriele, Schackert Gabriele, Kirsch Matthias
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Only a few cases have been previously published about clear cell meningiomas in children, the majority of them in the location of the spine. We describe an unusual case of clear cell meningioma occurring at the petro-clival region in a 5-year-old child. We further seek to determine the impact of several growth factors as well as the AKT1 mutation on the tumor growth pattern. CASE PRESENTATION: A...
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