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An 11-year-old boy presented with epistaxis and proptosis. Plain X-ray revealed a bony mass in the nasal cavity. Computed tomography showed a high-density mass which at surgery turned out to be a meningioma.
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Kumar, S., Dhingra, P.L. & Gondal, R. Ectopic meningioma of the paranasal sinuses. Child's Nerv Syst 9, 483–484 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00393558
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