Summary
We report the first case of pregnancy-related primary cutaneous meningioma of the
scalp in a 27-year-old female. Types, differential diagnosis, pregnancy-related growth
and treatment of extracranial meningiomas are discussed.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 15, 2006
Accepted:
January 1,
2006
Received:
June 26,
2005
Footnotes
☆Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Belgian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 8 May 2004, Gent, Belgium.
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© 2006 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
