Clinical, imaging, and molecular analysis of pediatric pontine tumors lacking characteristic imaging features of DIPG

Abstract Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is most commonly diagnosed based on imaging criteria, with biopsy often reserved for pontine tumors with imaging features not typical for DIPG (atypical DIPG, ‘aDIPG’). The histopathologic and molecular spectra of the clinical entity aDIPG remain to b...

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Main Authors: Jason Chiang, Alexander K. Diaz, Lydia Makepeace, Xiaoyu Li, Yuanyuan Han, Yimei Li, Paul Klimo, Frederick A. Boop, Suzanne J. Baker, Amar Gajjar, Thomas E. Merchant, David W. Ellison, Alberto Broniscer, Zoltan Patay, Christopher L. Tinkle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Acta Neuropathologica Communications
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40478-020-00930-9