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MR imaging findings of extraventricular neurocytoma: a series of ten patients confirmed by immunohistochemistry of IDH1 gene mutation.
Acta neurochirurgica - 1 Nov 2012
Yi Kyung Sik, Sohn Chul-Ho, Yun Tae Jin, Choi Seung Hong, Kim Ji-Hoon, Han Moon Hee, Park Chul-Kee, Park Sung-Hye, Chang Kee-Hyun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Extraventricular neurocytomas (EVNs) are rare neuronal tumors included as neoplasms in the 2007 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumors of the CNS. Although a few case reports describing EVNs have been published, a systematic analysis of MR imaging findings of EVN has not been reported. Furthermore, imaging findings of IDH1 mutation-negative EVNs have not yet been reported. The aim of...
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