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Gliosarcoma with primitive neuroectodermal differentiation: case report and review of the literature

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The clinical and pathological features of a gliosarcoma with a primitive neuroectodermal component in a 52-year-old male are presented. To our knowledge, only three other cases of such an entity have been reported in the English literature.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201, USA

    Keith J. Kaplan

  2. Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Keith J. Kaplan

  3. Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Arie Perry

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Kaplan, K.J., Perry, A. Gliosarcoma with primitive neuroectodermal differentiation: case report and review of the literature. J Neurooncol 83, 313–318 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-007-9331-5

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