| Literature DB >> 28866063 |
Keisuke Takai1, Shota Tanaka2, Takashi Sota3, Akitake Mukasa2, Takashi Komori4, Makoto Taniguchi3.
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BACKGROUND: In 2016, the World Health Organization updated its classification of tumors, adding genetic profiles to the conventional histopathologic typing. CASE DESCRIPTION: The authors present herein the first case of a 44-year-old female with isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant World Health Organization grade II diffuse spinal astrocytoma diagnosed on the basis of both histopathologic and genetic findings.Entities:
Keywords: Astrocytoma; Glioma; H3-K27M; IDH1 gene; IDH2 gene; Intramedullary spinal cord tumor
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28866063 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.142
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World Neurosurg ISSN: 1878-8750 Impact factor: 2.104