Post-traumatic cavernous hemangioma of the frontal cranial vault.

Pan Afr Med J

Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco ; University of Mohammed V Souissi, Rabat, Morocco.

Published: July 2015

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