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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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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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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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