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Case of radiologically multicentric but genetically identical multiple glioblastomas.
Brain tumor pathology - 1 Apr 2014
Akimoto Jiro, Sasaki Hikaru, Haraoka Rei, Nakajima Nobuyuki, Fukami Shinjiro, Kohno Michihiro
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Surgery was performed in a 65-year-old male patient with malignant gliomas at two locations in the left and right cerebral hemispheres that showed no apparent continuity in imaging studies. Slight differences in histopathological appearance were seen between the tumors, and multicentric malignant glioma was diagnosed. Detailed genetic examination showed both the left- and right-side tumors to be of the IDH-1 wild...
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