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Metastases of malignant neoplasms to intracranial tumours: The “tumour-in-a-tumour” phenomenon

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This is a report of two observations of the metastatic spread of carcinomas to meningiomas. A survey of the relevant literature is given.

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Drs. h.c. Wilhelm Doerr, Director emeritus of the Institute of Pathology of the University of Heidelberg, FRG, on the occasion of his 70th anniversary

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Schmitt, H.P. Metastases of malignant neoplasms to intracranial tumours: The “tumour-in-a-tumour” phenomenon. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 405, 155–160 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00694933

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