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Brain Tumor
Primary malignant rhabdoid tumor can occur in the adult brain
March 31st, 2003
Primary malignant rhabdoid tumor can occur in the adult brain. "Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRT) are aggressive neoplasms generally of the infant kidney, although a few extrarenal, central nervous system-located cases were reported. We describe 2 cases of such tumors arising intracerebrally in patients aged 16 and 31 years, hence older than usually reported, with survival times of 16 and 4 months, respectively. Besides, in the youngest, the mass seemed to have developed from a low grade glioma, an occurrence not reported earlier, although the coexistence of morphological features of glioma and rhabdoid tumor is well known," researchers in Portugal report. ...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2003-03-31)
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