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Intramedullary spinal metastasis of a gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma without vertebral bone lesions

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  1. Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

    C. Helmchen & A. Geaid

  2. Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

    I. Bos

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

    W. Greggersen

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

    G. Nowak

  5. Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

    D. Petersen

  6. University of Lübeck, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    C. Helmchen

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Helmchen, C., Greggersen, W., Geaid, A. et al. Intramedullary spinal metastasis of a gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma without vertebral bone lesions. Neurol Sci 34, 2037–2039 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-013-1341-9

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