Article
Adult diffuse midline gliomas: Clinical, radiological, and genetic characteristics.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Dec 2020
Dono Antonio, Takayasu Takeshi, Ballester Leomar Y, Esquenazi Yoshua
Abstract excerpt
Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) are a diffuse glioma subtype arising from midline brain structures. It is predominantly a disease of childhood; however, it can also occur in adults. Adult DMG has not been previously well described. The aim of this study was to define the characteristics of adult DMG. We described and analyzed the clinical, radiological, and genetic alterations of 9 adult DMGs and compared them...
Topics
- Adult
- Brain Neoplasms
- Female
- Glioma
- Histones
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Retrospective Studies
- Young Adult
