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We report the case of a patient with two distinct brain tumors. A meningioma was resected surgically. Nine months later a glioblastoma appeared in the same region, but at a different site. This was not treated, because the patient died. The clinical significance and etiology of these tumors are considered.
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Raco, A., Cervoni, L. & Salvati, M. Two distinct intracranial tumors of different cell types in a single patient. Case report and review of the literature. Neurosurg. Rev. 17, 305–308 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00306823
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