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A spontaneous regression of the lesion seen in sequential computertomographic scans does not necessarily indicate a nonneoplastic nature of the pathological process. Two patients with pathologically verified glioma of the brain which showed a temporary regression of the mass effect are reported, and the mechanism of the regression of computertomographic mass signs is discussed.
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Nakasu, S., Nakasu, Y., Kidooka, M. et al. Transient spontaneous regression of mass effect with glioma. Acta neurochir 74, 53–56 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01413278
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