Low grade ganglioglioma rapidly progressing to a WHO grade IV tumor showing malignant transformation in both astroglial and neuronal cell components

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 463-467

  Mittelbronn, Michel ^a,b   Schittenhelm, Jens ^a   Lemke, Dieter ^a   Ritz, Rainer ^a   Nägele, Thomas ^a   Weller, Michael ^a   Meyermann, Richard ^a   Beschorner, Rudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaplastic ganglioglioma; Ganglioglioma; Malignant progression; WHO grade I; WHO grade IV

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASTROCYTES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648834101     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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