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SCALP MENINGIOMA

Primary extracranial meningiomas occur very rarely. We present a rare case of extracranial meningioma of the transitional variant which was excised satisfactorily. There was no suggestion of any connection to the intracranial compartment or cranial nerves. The underlying galea was uninvolved, sugges...

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Autores principales: Singh, Sunil K, Ojha, B K, Chandra, A, Rastogi, M, Husain, M, Husain, N
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19882035
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.44799
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author Singh, Sunil K
Ojha, B K
Chandra, A
Rastogi, M
Husain, M
Husain, N
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Chandra, A
Rastogi, M
Husain, M
Husain, N
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description Primary extracranial meningiomas occur very rarely. We present a rare case of extracranial meningioma of the transitional variant which was excised satisfactorily. There was no suggestion of any connection to the intracranial compartment or cranial nerves. The underlying galea was uninvolved, suggesting the true extracranial nature of this tumour. This rare diagnosis should nonetheless be kept in the differential diagnosis of scalp tumors.
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spelling pubmed-27637572009-10-29 SCALP MENINGIOMA Singh, Sunil K Ojha, B K Chandra, A Rastogi, M Husain, M Husain, N Indian J Dermatol Case Report Primary extracranial meningiomas occur very rarely. We present a rare case of extracranial meningioma of the transitional variant which was excised satisfactorily. There was no suggestion of any connection to the intracranial compartment or cranial nerves. The underlying galea was uninvolved, suggesting the true extracranial nature of this tumour. This rare diagnosis should nonetheless be kept in the differential diagnosis of scalp tumors. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2763757/ /pubmed/19882035 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.44799 Text en © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Singh, Sunil K
Ojha, B K
Chandra, A
Rastogi, M
Husain, M
Husain, N
SCALP MENINGIOMA
title SCALP MENINGIOMA
title_full SCALP MENINGIOMA
title_fullStr SCALP MENINGIOMA
title_full_unstemmed SCALP MENINGIOMA
title_short SCALP MENINGIOMA
title_sort scalp meningioma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19882035
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.44799
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