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Epidermoid Tumors

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Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children

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Epidermoid tumors are congenital, nonneoplastic, slow-growing lesions that can occur anywhere along the neuroaxis similar to dermoid tumors. The historical background to these lesions has been described along with dermoid tumors previously.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    Saeed Kohan MBBS, FRACS

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg-Saar, Germany

    Joachim Oertel M.D.

  3. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Acibadem University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Memet Özek M.D.

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  1. Neurosurgery, Acıbadem University, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

    M. Memet Özek

  2. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Santobono Children's Hospital, Naples, Napoli, Italy

    Giuseppe Cinalli

  3. Dept. Neurosurgery, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Wirginia Maixner

  4. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, Paris, France

    Christian Sainte-Rose

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Kohan, S., Oertel, J., Özek, M.M. (2015). Epidermoid Tumors. In: Özek, M., Cinalli, G., Maixner, W., Sainte-Rose, C. (eds) Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11274-9_53

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