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Meningiomas are extremely rare in the pre-adolescent age group. If observed, they are noteworthy for their tremendous size and unusual location. The following is a report of 2 of the author’s own cases. These were of special interest, since one of them was associated with von RECKLINGHAUSEN’s disease, while the other occurred in combination with histiocytosis-x.
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Pendl, G. (1975). Meningiomas in Childhood. In: Klug, W., Brock, M., Klinger, M., Spoerri, O. (eds) Meningiomas Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problems Multiple Sclerosis Misdiagnosis Forensic Problems in Neurosurgery. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66118-1_22
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