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Extradural malignant rhabdoid tumor of the spine in children: A case-based review
BackgroundExtradural malignant rhabdoid tumors of the spine are highly malignant and invasive tumors (WHO grade IV) with poor prognosis, most...
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Imaging findings in carcinomatous encephalitis secondary to malignant melanoma
BackgroundThe case of disseminated cancer cell spreading throughout the brain is called “miliary metastases” or “carcinomatous encephalitis”, a very...
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The risk of concurrent malignancies in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1: insights into clinical characteristics of those with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
ObjectiveSummarize and analyze the characteristics of patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) who were diagnosed with malignant...
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Primary diffuse meningeal melanomatosis – a rare form of meningeal melanoma: case report
BackgroundMeningeal melanomatosis is a rare type of central nervous system neoplasm (with incidence ranging between 3 and 5%) that develops in the...
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Single-cell transcriptional profiling reveals heterogeneity and developmental trajectories of Ewing sarcoma
PurposeEwing sarcoma (EwS) is an aggressive malignant neoplasm composed of small round cells. The heterogeneity and developmental trajectories of EwS...
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Neoplasms and tumor-like lesions of the sellar region: imaging findings with correlation to pathology and 2021 WHO classification
The sellar region represents a complex anatomical area, composed of multiple structures of different embryological derivation, including the skull...
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Low apparent diffusion coefficient in an extracranial brain tumor: a case report
BackgroundMedulloblastoma is well known as the most common malignant brain tumor identified in children, frequently found at an intra-axial location...
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Endoscopic Management of Ethmoidal Schwannoma: A Case Report
Schwannomas of sinonasal origin are rare tumours with an incidence as low as 4% and may present with a wide range of clinical features. Due to...
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Intramedullary spinal cord tumors in pediatric patients presenting later with brain lesions: case series and systematic review of the literature
PurposeIntramedullary spinal cord tumors are an uncommon pathology in adults and children. Most descriptive studies of intramedullary spinal cord...
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A rare case of metastatic solitary fibrous tumor of the pancreas manifesting as a cystic neoplasm: a case report
BackgroundSolitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare mesenchymal tumor that typically arises from the pleura. Although it may appear in other organs, it...
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Epithelioid and spindle rhabdomyosarcoma with TFCP2 rearrangement in abdominal wall: a distinctive entity with poor prognosis
BackgroundEpithelioid and spindle rhabdomyosarcoma (ES-RMS) with TFCP2 rearrangement is a recently discovered rare variant of rhabdomyosarcoma...
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Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy associated with breast cancer: a case report
BackgroundAutoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy (GFAP-A) is an autoimmune inflammatory central nervous system disorder...
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CD13 is a useful tool in the differential diagnosis of meningiomas with potential biological and prognostic implications
Meningiomas are common tumors of the central nervous system. Although their histological diagnosis is usually straightforward, their differential...
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Primary intra-axial Ewing sarcoma of the central nervous system: report of a rare case with literature review
BackgroundPrimary intra-axial Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is extremely rare and a highly aggressive small blue round cell tumor in the central nervous system...
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung involving the central nervous system in pediatric patients
IntroductionThe inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a very rare lesion with an incidence of less than 0.1% of total neoplasms and with main...
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A primary DICER1-sarcoma with KRAS and TP53 mutations in a child with suspected ECCL
A child had been followed since infancy by our multi-disciplinary neuro-oncology clinic with annual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) under the...
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Combined microscope and endoscopy total resection of primary pineal malignant melanoma: case report and literature review
BackgroundPrimary pineal malignant melanoma (PPMM) is a rare entity of primary central nervous system melanomas, with only 26 cases reported in the...
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The many faces of solitary fibrous tumor; diversity of histological features, differential diagnosis and role of molecular studies and surrogate markers in avoiding misdiagnosis and predicting the behavior
BackgroundSolitary Fibrous Tumor (SFT) is a distinct soft tissue neoplasm associated with NAB2-STAT6 gene fusion. It can involve a number of anatomic...
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Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration Associated with Anti-Yo Antibodies Appearing as a Leptomeningeal Cerebellar Carcinomatosis at MRI: a Case Report
Anti-Yo antibodies are the antibodies most frequently identified with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD). They are detected above all in...
