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Diffuse midline skull base meningiomas: identification of a rare and aggressive subgroup of meningiomas.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Jul 2017
Peyre Matthieu, Feuvret Loïc, Sanson Marc, Navarro Soledad, Boch Anne-Laure, Loiseau Hugues, Kalamarides Michel
Abstract excerpt
Skull base meningiomas may present as clinically aggressive tumors despite being histologically benign. Here we describe a clinico-radiological entity of diffuse midline skull base meningiomas responsible for several neurological morbidities, including hearing and vision loss, intracranial hypertension, secondary hydrocephalus and tonsillar herniation with spinal cord compression. Surgery and radiotherapy were...
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