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Pediatric midline H3K27M-mutant tumor with disseminated leptomeningeal disease and glioneuronal features: case report and literature review.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Jul 2021
Navarro Ralph E, Golub Danielle, Hill Travis, McQuinn Michelle W, William Christopher, Zagzag David, Hidalgo Eveline Teresa
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BACKGROUND: H3K27M-mutant midline lesions were recently reclassified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "diffuse midline glioma" (DMG) based entirely on their molecular signature. DMG is one of the most common and most lethal pediatric brain tumors; terminal progression is typically caused by local midbrain or brainstem progression, or secondary leptomeningeal dissemination. H3K27M mutations have also been...
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