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  • Title: Composite cerebral metastasis and oligodendroglioma: an exceptional form of mixed neoplasia.
    Author: Wurm G, Huber A, Hiertz H, Fischer J, Cervos-Navarro J.
    Journal: Neurosurg Rev; 1994; 17(4):291-4. PubMed ID: 7753418.
    Abstract:
    Our report describes the uncommon case of a 61 year old female patient who underwent a left parietooccipital craniotomy and extirpation of a malignant tumor. Histological examination revealed a metastatic carcinoma of mammary origin intimately intermingled with a calcified oligodendroglioma WHO II. The preexisting oligodendroglial part had been detected four years before, but since then had been misinterpreted as a glious scar resulting from a previous brain trauma. Three years before neurosurgical intervention, the patient had undergone a left side mastectomy. The histological finding at that time was a solid breast tumor WHO T1N0. The occurrence of cerebral mixed neoplasias and possible causal factors are discussed.
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