meningothelial meningioma

meningothelial meningioma
meningotheliomatous meningioma a meningioma composed of characteristic uniform tumor cells that form lobules surrounded by thin collagenous septa; cells with the lobules have poorly defined boundaries, resembling a syncytium; called also syncytial m. and meningothelioma.

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