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The clinical presentation and pathological characteristics of 18 histologically verified meningiomas in the paediatric age group are reviewed. There was a 1 : 1 sex ratio. Two children presented with seizures. The majority were supratentorial in location and large in size. In 4 patients, the meningiomas showed sarcomatous changes, while in 6 patients they were cystic.
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Kolluri, V.R.S., Reddy, D.R., Reddy, P.K. et al. Meningiomas in childhood. Child's Nerv Syst 3, 271–273 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271821
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