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Giant Skull and Brain Metastasis from a Neglected Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Brahim El Mostarchid ,
Ali Akhaddar  and
Mohammed Boucetta
Brahim El Mostarchid*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat. Morocco
Ali Akhaddar
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat. Morocco
Mohammed Boucetta
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat. Morocco
*
Department of Neurosurgery. Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital. Rabat, Morocco.
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Type
Neuroimaging Highlight
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , July 2010 , pp. 515 - 516
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2010

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