Muir-Torre Syndrome and Central Nervous System Malignancy: Highlighting an Uncommon Association.

Dermatol Surg

Division of Dermatology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon, Arizona Department of Neurosurgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York Division of Dermatology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon, Arizona.

Published: July 2015

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