Case reportMeningioma of the Mediastinum Causing Spontaneous Hemothorax
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Meningiomas are common and usually benign, slow-growing tumors of the central nervous system. Ectopic meningiomas are uncommon and arise through metastatic spread of malignant meningiomas. Primary ectopic meningiomas are extremely rare extracranial and extraspinal tumors and have been reported sporadically in the head and neck region as well as in the lung, finger, skin, eyelid, retroperitoneum, thigh muscle, and foot [1]. The histogenesis of ectopic menigiomas is still unclear. They are
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