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The CT triad of extracranial soft-tissue tumour, underlying osteolysis and an intracranial tumour was reported as a sign of malignancy in meningioma, by Younis and Sawaya in 1992. We report the clinical and CT spectrum of three new cases with a similar triad, confirmed to be malignant meningioma. However, we redefine this sign and suggest that this triad is an unequivocal indicator of malignancy in meningioma, provided metastases have been excluded.
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Grover, S.B., Aggarwal, A., Uppal, P.S. et al. The CT triad of malignancy in meningioma—redefinition, with a report of three new cases. Neuroradiology 45, 799–803 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-003-1070-5
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