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Endoventricular Cystic Craniopharyngiomas

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Craniopharyngiomas are benign tumors that correspond histologically to WHO grade I. The incidence rate is 1.3 per million person-years without any sex preponderance [1].

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Michelangelo Gangemi MD

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  1. Div. of Neurosurgery Dept. of Neuroscien, University of Naples “Federico II” , Naples, Italy

    Paolo Cappabianca

  2. Div. of Neurosurgery Dept. of Neuroscien, University of Naples “Federico II” , Naples, Italy

    Luigi Maria Cavallo

  3. Div. of Neurosurgery Dept. of Neuroscien, University of Naples “Federico II” , Naples, Italy

    Oreste de Divitiis

  4. Div. of Neurosurgery Dept. of Neuroscien, University of Messina , Messina, Messina, Italy

    Felice Esposito

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Gangemi, M. (2016). Endoventricular Cystic Craniopharyngiomas. In: Cappabianca, P., Cavallo, L., de Divitiis, O., Esposito, F. (eds) Midline Skull Base Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21533-4_8

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