Combined oligodendroglioma/ pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: A probable collision tumor: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1358-1361

  Perry, Arie ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Szczesniak, David M ^b   Atkinson, John L D ^b   Wald, John T ^b   Hammak, Julie E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Glioma; Oligodendroglioma; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0034996048     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200106000-00038     Document Type: Article

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