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Intracranial hemangiopericytoma: Case study with cytogenetics and genome wide SNP-A analysis.
Pathology, research and practice - 15 May 2011
Holland Heidrun, Livrea Michela, Ahnert Peter, Koschny Ronald, Kirsten Holger, Meixensberger Jürgen, Bauer Manfred, Schober Ralf, Fritzsch Dominik, Krupp Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
The tumor entity of hemangiopericytoma is not universally recognized as a nosological entity by pathologists, and there is a trend toward reassigning it to other categories gradually. However, hemangiopericytomas occurring in the nervous system are included in the new WHO classification of brain tumors, and are distinguished from both meningioma and fibrous tumors. Since there are few genetic studies, we...
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