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Intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma at site of a previously excised low grade glioma

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The case of a 42-year-old patient is reported who developed an intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma at the site of an oligoastrocytic mixed glioma which had been excised 2 1/2 years previously. Reasons for the extreme rarity of intracranial malignant fibrous histiocytomas, the probability of a traumatic aetiology of this particular tumour, and the possible significance of intratumoural cells positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    W. Paulus & J. Peiffer

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    E. Grote

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Paulus, W., Peiffer, J. & Grote, E. Intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma at site of a previously excised low grade glioma. Acta neurochir 99, 161–165 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402327

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