Abstract
We describe an entirely intracanalicular meningioma in a 49-year-old woman, mimicking an acoustic neuroma on CT cisternography and MRI.
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Hodgson, T.J., Kingsley, D.P.E. Meningioma presenting as a mass in the internal auditory canal. Neuroradiology 37, 479–480 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00600100
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