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CSF-based liquid biopsy pointing to a diagnosis of diffuse glioma in a patient with supposed neurodegenerative disorder.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Sept 2023
Pieri Valentina, Curti Davide Gusmeo, Paterra Rosina, Azzimonti Matteo, Sferruzza Giacomo, Berzero Giulia, Cardamone Rosalinda, Anzalone Nicoletta, Agosta Federica, Caso Francesca, Magnani Giuseppe, Finocchiaro Gaetano, Filippi Massimo
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INTRODUCTION: The differential diagnosis of brain diseases becomes challenging in cases where imaging is not sufficiently informative, and surgical biopsy is impossible or unacceptable to the patient. METHODS: An elderly patient with progressive short-term memory loss and cognitive impairment presented with a normal brain CT scan, a brain FDG-PET that indicated symmetrical deterioration of the white matter in the...
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