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Post-traumatic meningioma: three case reports of this rare condition and a review of the literature

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We present three cases of meningiomas developing at the site of an old head trauma. We then review the literature regarding the controversies on the development of post-traumatic brain tumors and, finally, we emphasize the medico-legal characteristics of post-traumatic meningiomas, particularly with respect to their cell type which is frequently atypical or anaplastic and which have a poor outcome.

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We are indebted to Donald SCHWARTZ, M.D., from Tours for his help in proofreading this paper. We also thank Daniel BOURRY (Université François Rabelais de Tours, Service d’Iconographie).

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  1. CHRU de Tours, Service de Neurochirurgie, 10 Boulevard Tonnellé, 37044, Tours, Cedex 9, France

    Patrick François, Dominique N’Dri, Mounir Ben Ismail & Michel Jan

  2. CHRU de Tours, Laboratoire d’Anatomo Pathologie, Tours, France

    Anne Marie Bergemer-Fouquet

  3. CHRU de Tours, Service de Neuroradiologie, Tours, France

    Chrysanthi Papagiannaki & Jean Philippe Cottier

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François, P., N’Dri, D., Bergemer-Fouquet, A.M. et al. Post-traumatic meningioma: three case reports of this rare condition and a review of the literature. Acta Neurochir 152, 1755–1760 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-010-0730-6

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