Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT)-like oligodendrogliomas or DNTs evolving into oligodendrogliomas: Two illustrative cases

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 324-330

  Gonzales, Michael ^a,b,d   Dale, Susan ^b   Susman, Marleen ^b   Nolan, Prudence ^b   Ng, Wai Hoe ^c   Maixner, Wirginia ^a   Laidlaw, John ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Tissupath Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d NeuroPath   (Australia)

Author keywords

1p 19q deletion; DNT; FISH; Oligoastrocytoma; Oligodendroglioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER STAGING; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447318398     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00783.x     Document Type: Review

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