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Malignant Epithelioid Glioneuronal Tumor

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Malignant epithelioid glioneuronal tumor (MEGNT) is the name proposed for a high-grade tumor showing both glial and neuronal differentiation. This tumor is not included in the current 2007 WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system, but examples described so far have shown an aggressive behavior.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR, USA

    M. Rivera-Zengotita M.D. (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Radiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    R. Rauch M.D. (Associate Professor of Radiology)

  3. Section of Neuropathology and Molecular Neuropathology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Adekunle M. Adesina M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Pathology, Medical Director)

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  1. Dept. Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Plaza 1, Houston, 77030, U.S.A.

    Adekunle M. Adesina

  2. School of Medicine, University of California, Parnassus Ave. 505, San Francisco, 94143, U.S.A.

    Tarik Tihan

  3. VCU Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, E. Marshall Street 1200, Richmond, 23298, U.S.A.

    Christine E. Fuller

  4. Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Ave. 300, Boston, 02115, U.S.A.

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Rivera-Zengotita, M., Rauch, R., Adesina, A.M. (2010). Malignant Epithelioid Glioneuronal Tumor. In: Adesina, A., Tihan, T., Fuller, C., Poussaint, T. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1062-2_22

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