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A case of highly malignant primary intracerebral schwannoma is presented in a boy aged 15 years. The histological, ultrastructural and immunocytochemical properties were consistent with a partly epithelioid schwannoma. All reports so far published of 18 intracerebral schwannomas were of benign tumors, one case was semi-malignant. As far as we know, this is the first report of a highly malignant intracerebral schwannoma.
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Stefanko, S.Z., Vuzevski, V.D., Maas, A.I.R. et al. Intracerebral malignant schwannoma. Acta Neuropathol 71, 321–325 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00688056
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00688056