Acta Med. 2009, 52: 19-22

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.102

Dural Metastasis Mimicking Meningioma: An Interesting Case

Hamzaini Abdul Hamida, Kwah Yew Geea, Rohaizak Muhammadb, Zurin Adnan Abd Rahmanc, Srijit Dasd

aNational University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
bNational University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Breast and Endocrine Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
cNational University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Neurosurgery Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
dNational University of Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Received January 1, 2009
Accepted April 1, 2009

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