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Gliosarcoma with PNET features mimicking a metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma: A diagnostic dilemma.
Clinical neuropathology - 1 Jan 2000
McGahan Ben G, Toop Nathaniel, Ward Spencer, Jones Dan, Kobalka Peter J, Palmer Joshua D, Elder James B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Gliosarcomas (GS) comprise ~ 2 - 8% of glioblastomas and are associated with a similar poor prognosis. GS have rarely been found with a primitive neuroectodermal component (PNET). We present a case of gliosarcoma with PNET features (GS-PNET) that mimicked a neuroendocrine carcinoma on initial biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 68-year-old male presented with 2 weeks of increasing headaches and...
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