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Successful multimodal treatment of a gigantic choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC) in an 8-year-old girl

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, KRH Klinikum Nordstadt Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Homajoun Maslehaty

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

    Roman Frantsev & Ulrich Sure

  3. Department of Neuro-Pathology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

    Sarah Teuber-Hanselmann

  4. Paediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatrics III, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

    Stephan Tippelt

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Maslehaty, H., Frantsev, R., Teuber-Hanselmann, S. et al. Successful multimodal treatment of a gigantic choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC) in an 8-year-old girl. Childs Nerv Syst 33, 1875–1877 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3590-z

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