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Case Reports
. 1991;5(3):303-5.
doi: 10.3109/02688699109005191.

Intracranial squamous cell carcinoma arising in remnant of extirpated epidermoid cyst

F Tognetti  1 , G Lanzino, V Manetto, F Calbucci
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Case Reports

Intracranial squamous cell carcinoma arising in remnant of extirpated epidermoid cyst

F Tognetti et al. Br J Neurosurg. 1991.

Abstract

Development of a squamous cell carcinoma in an epidermoid cyst is rare. A case is presented in which such malignant change arose in the capsule remnants of an intracranial epidermoid removed 31 years previously. The limited literature dealing with this late sequela is summarized.

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