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Objective and Importance: The authors report the first known case of a giant multiloculated grape-like enterogenous cyst extending from the upper cervical canal to the ambient cistern. Clinical Presentation/Methods: We report the case of a 40-year-old male who had a prior transmastoid craniotomy at an outside facility 14 months prior with an indete...
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