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Congenital primary cerebral angiosarcoma: CT, US, and MR findings

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Congenital primary intracranial angiosarcoma (CAS) is an exceptionally rare tumor [1–6]. To our knowledge the imaging features of intracranial angiosarcomas have only been briefly mentioned in the neuropathologic literature [4–6]. To our knowledge, only one case of CAS has been reported [3]. We present a case of a pathologically proven CAS found in a neonate.

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Kirk, I.R., Dominguez, R. & Castillo, M. Congenital primary cerebral angiosarcoma: CT, US, and MR findings. Pediatr Radiol 22, 134–135 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02011315

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