Summary
Two further two cases of the previously undescribed combination of tumour-to-tumour metastasis — gastric carcinoma metastatic to meningioma and pancreatic carcinoma to thymoma, are presented. The clinico-pathological characteristics of these cases are briefly discussed with a review of the literature.
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Honma, K., Hara, K. & Sawai, T. Tumour-to-tumour metastasis. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 416, 153–157 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01606320
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