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Sarcomatous evolution of oligodendroglioma ("oligosarcoma"): confirmatory report of an uncommon pattern of malignant progression in oligodendroglial tumors.
Pathology, research and practice - 15 Dec 2012
Vajtai Istvan, Vassella Erik, Hewer Ekkehard, Kappeler Andreas, Reinert Michael M
Abstract excerpt
By analogy to gliosarcoma, the neologism "oligosarcoma" is to describe an uncommon form of biphasic central nervous system tumor composed of contiguous neuroepithelial and mesenchymal elements, each of which individually meet the criteria of oligodendroglioma and sarcoma, respectively. By virtue of its distinctive genotype (codeletion 1p/19q), oligodendroglioma is a particularly inviting paradigm to test the...
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