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An unusual third ventricle hamartoma containing nerve cells with neurofibrillary tangles, granulovacuoles and globoid bodies is reported in a 48 year old man.
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Janota, I. Neurofibrillary tangles, granulovacuolar degeneration and argentophilic bodies in a third ventricle tumour. Acta Neuropathol 29, 367–369 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00685490
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