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A case of epidural glioblastoma metastasis presenting with a cervical myelopathy, torticollis, and L'hermitte's phenomenon.
Brain tumor pathology - 1 Jul 2018
Ruff Michael W, Bhargav Adip G, Raghunathan Aditya
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Extraneural glioblastoma metastases are exceedingly rare, though previously described in the literature. Activating mutations in the BRAF kinase gene (V600E) are present in a minority of glioblastoma patients. Here, we describe a case of systemic metastases of a clonal subpopulation of BRAF V600E mutated glioblastoma in a patient previously treated with surgery, radiation, temozolomide and bevacizumab. The...
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