Prague Med. Rep. 2019, 120, 95-102

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2019.14

Cerebellar Squamous Cell Carcinoma Due to Malignant Transformation of Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cyst, Report an Interesting Case and Review the Literature

Naderafshar Fereydonyan1, Morteza Taheri2, Farid Kazemi3

1Department of Neurosurgery, Arad General Hospital, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Neurosurgery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, 7Tir Hospital, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Neurosurgery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Rasool Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Received September 24, 2018
Accepted September 4, 2019

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