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. 2022 Jan 7:12:e2021351.
doi: 10.4322/acr.2021.351. eCollection 2022.

Porencephalic cyst in adult

Stefano Tambuzzi  1 , Guendalina Gentile  1 , Riccardo Zoja  1
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Porencephalic cyst in adult

Stefano Tambuzzi et al. Autops Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Autopsy; Porencephaly.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. A-E – Macroscopic view of left craniocaudal coronal encephalic sections with evidence of the porencephalic cyst within the cerebral white matter (marked with circles); F – Microscopic view of the cystic cavitation at the left temporal lobe, which wall appears regular and smooth with sub ependymal lining (asterisk) (H&E, 200x).
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