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An esophageal neuroendocrine tumor metastatic to the pineal region

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-nishi, Yamagata, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan

    K. Matsuda, K. Sakurada, Y. Kokubo, S. Sato & T. Kayama

  2. Department of Human Pathology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan

    Y. Nakazato

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Matsuda, K., Sakurada, K., Kokubo, Y. et al. An esophageal neuroendocrine tumor metastatic to the pineal region. Brain Tumor Pathol 31, 192–197 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10014-014-0178-0

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