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Two patients with symptomatic subependymomas are described. Histologically prominent cellular polymorphism was revealed. The existence of subependymoma with unusually marked polymorphism of the tumor cells should be taken into consideration in diagnosis and treatment.
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Matsumura, A., Ahyai, A. & Hori, A. Symptomatic subependymoma with nuclear polymorphism. Neurosurg. Rev. 10, 291–293 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01781953
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01781953