Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and oligodendroglioma: Collision of 2 morphologically and genetically distinct anaplastic components

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1648-1653

  Hattab, Eyas M ^a   Martin, Sarah E ^a   Shapiro, Scott A ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision tumor; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Mixed glioma; Oligodendroglioma; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; PROTEIN P53; RETICULIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLIA CELL; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGIOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958009439     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.JNS10739     Document Type: Article

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