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Recurrence in meningeal hemangiopericytomas.
Surgical neurology - 1 Dec 1998
Hara M, Aoyagi M, Nagashima G, Wakimoto H, Mikami T, Yamamoto S, Tamaki M, Hirakawa K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Meningeal hemangiopericytomas are more aggressive than typical meningiomas, with a high rate of recurrence and distant metastases. The question of whether a correlation exists between prognosis and histologic features remains controversial. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report two cases of recurrent meningeal hemangiopericytomas. Although local growth control of the tumor was obtained by tumor removal and...
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