Spontaneous Regression of an Incidental Spinal Meningioma
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Spontaneous Regression of an Incidental Spinal Meningioma
AIM The regression of meningioma has been reported in literature before. In spite of the fact that the regression may be involved by hemorrhage, calcification or some drugs withdrawal, it is rarely observed spontaneously. CASE REPORT We report a 17 year old man with a cervical meningioma which was incidentally detected. In his cervical MRI an extradural, cranio-caudal contrast enchanced lesio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1857-9655
DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2016.005