Abstract
Medulloepithelioma is an extremely rare tumor which, according to Bailey and Cushing [133], is a primitive and multipotential tumor par excellence. It was fully described later [3455], and up to now almost 30 cases have been reported. The tumor recounts the architecture of the primitive medullary epithelium and its capacity to differentiate. In a personal collection, there is one such case.
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Schiffer, D., Giordana, M.T., Mauro, A., Soffietti, R. (1997). Embryonal Tumors. In: Brain Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60529-1_15
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