Primary Meningeal Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma With Anaplastic Features: A Report of 2 Cases, One With BRAFV600E Mutation and Clinical Response to the BRAF Inhibitor Dabrafenib

Primary meningeal gliomas are rare tumors composed of a heterogeneous group of neoplasms. We present 2 clinically aggressive cases of primary meningeal pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma that clinically mimicked meningioma. One case presented in the posterior fossa of a 56-year-old woman; the other cente...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2015-10, Vol.74 (10), p.960-969
Hauptverfasser: Usubalieva, Aisulu, Pierson, Christopher R., Kavran, Christina A., Huntoon, Kristin, Kryvenko, Oleksandr N., Mayer, Theodore G., Zhao, Weiqiang, Rock, Jack, Ammirati, Mario, Puduvalli, Vinay K., Lehman, Norman L.
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