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Histological Aspects of Certain Benign Brain Tumors: Review of Current Topics

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Brain Tumor

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Histological features of certain mostly new entities of brain tumors are reviewed here. These include central neurocytoma, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma, meningoangiomatosis, and aggressive papillary tumor of the temporal bone. All these entitles were reported to have favorable outcomes following surgical removal.

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  1. Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Asao Hirano, Kazuhiko Sugiyama & Josefina F. Llena

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, 321-02, Japan

    Masakatsu Nagai M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Hirano, A., Sugiyama, K., Llena, J.F. (1996). Histological Aspects of Certain Benign Brain Tumors: Review of Current Topics. In: Nagai, M. (eds) Brain Tumor. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66887-9_2

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