Carrillo ER, Garnica EM

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ABSTRACT

Clinical Case
A 62 year old woman with antecedent of breast cancer and meningeal carcinomatosis treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which developed hydrocephaly, treated with the placement of a ventricular-peritoneal shunt.

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