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Spinal cord anaplastic astrocytoma with BRAF V600E mutation: A case report and review of literature.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Jun 2020
Takamiya Soichiro, Hatanaka Kanako C, Ishi Yukitomo, Seki Toshitaka, Yamaguchi Shigeru
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A 17-year-old female complained of lower extremity pain that progressed to low back pain accompanied by paraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass in the conus medullaris of the spinal cord at the thoracic spine 11-12 level. The patient underwent resection of the mass. The pathological diagnosis was anaplastic astrocytoma based on the densely proliferating astrocytic tumor cells without necrosis or...
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