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Central Neurocytoma and Extraventricular Neurocytoma

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These are low-grade (WHO grade II) ventricular tumors (central neurocytoma) or extraventricular tumors composed of a monomorphic population of uniform, round, neurocytic cells.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, RM 286A, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Carrie A. Mohila M.D., Ph.D. & Adekunle M. Adesina M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, 6621 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Ronald A. Rauch M.D.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Texas Children’s Hospital Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Adekunle M. Adesina

  2. Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, San Francisco, California, USA

    Tarik Tihan

  3. Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Virgin Islands, USA

    Christine E. Fuller

  4. PBTC Neuroimaging Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Tina Young Poussaint

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Mohila, C.A., Rauch, R.A., Adesina, A.M. (2016). Central Neurocytoma and Extraventricular Neurocytoma. In: Adesina, A., Tihan, T., Fuller, C., Poussaint, T. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33432-5_20

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