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Two cases with spinal medulloblastoma are presented in which even modern neuroradiological methods (computed tomography — CT — and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging — NMR —) did not demonstrate intracranial lesions. These cases should be considered to be primary spinal medulloblastomas, even if until now the existence of real primary spinal medulloblastomas has been doubted.
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Jaksche, H., Wöckel, W. & Wernert, N. Primary spinal medulloblastomas?. Neurosurg. Rev. 11, 259–265 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01741419
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01741419