A rare case of pineoblastoma on cerebrospinal fluid cytology was reported in a 15-year-old girl. In the current paper, a rare case of pienoblastoma on CSF cytology has been described.
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National Institute of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
A rare case of pineoblastoma on cerebrospinal fluid cytology was reported in a 15-year-old girl. In the current paper, a rare case of pienoblastoma on CSF cytology has been described.
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