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We present a cerebellopontine angle choroid plexus papilloma that originated from the tuft of choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle protruding from the foramen of Luschka. MRI and CT did not establish the diagnosis, but the tumor was shown histopathologically to be a choroid plexus papilloma. Distinct features of the tumor on MRI are described and the differential diagnosis of other cerebellopontine angle tumors is discussed.
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Tasdemiroglu, E., Awh, M.H. & Walsh, J.W. MRI of cerebellopontine angle choroid plexus papilloma. Neuroradiology 38, 38–40 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593214
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