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Posterior fossa epidermoid cysts

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The authors present their clinical and surgical experience with 18 posterior fossa cholesteatomas, including three cases with atypical CT scan appearances that corresponded to calcification, haemorrhage or malignant change into an epidermoid carcinoma, respectively.

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    Present address: Puerta de Hierro Clinic, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain

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  1. Puerta de Hierro Clinic, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain

    J. Vaquero, G. Saucedo & G. Bravo

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Salazar, J., Vaquero, J., Saucedo, G. et al. Posterior fossa epidermoid cysts. Acta neurochir 85, 34–39 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402367

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