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Primary meningeal fibrosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor of the central nervous system. About seventeen cases have been reported in the literature since 1980. We present the case of a patient whose initial neuroradiological manifestation of primary meningeal fibrosarcoma was an en plaque meningioma. Fifteen months later, he developed a dramatic clinical deterioration and coma. CT scan revealed a large frontal lesion. The mass was completely removed and histological examination was characteristic of meningeal fibrosarcoma.
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Donnet, A., Figarella-Branger, D. & Grisoli, F. Primary Meningeal Fibrosarcoma: A Particular Neuroradiological Presentation. J Neurooncol 42, 79–83 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006100119406
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