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Intermediate-grade melanocytic meningeal neoplasm of the thoracic spine

Marek Prokopienko 1
,
Andrzej Tysarowski 2
,
Albert Acewicz 3
,
Wieslawa Grajkowska 4
,
Michał P. Wągrodzki 5
,
Michał Sobstyl 1

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland

  2. Cancer Molecular and Genetic Diagnostics Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

  3. Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland

  4. Department of Pathomorphology, Center of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland

  5. Department of Pathology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

Folia Neuropathol 2026; 64 (2)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2026.164665
Data publikacji online: 2026/09/10
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