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Ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: A novel association?

Ganglioglioma of the conus region is quite rare with only 12 reported cases. Ganglioglioma shares biologic features with neurofibromatosis leading to suggestions that the co-existence of the two diseases may be more than coincidental. We report a case of ganglioglioma of the conus medullaris in a pa...

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Autores principales: Sundar, Ilangovan Vijay, Jaiswal, Manish, Purohit, Devendra, Mittal, R. S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27695570
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145088
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author Sundar, Ilangovan Vijay
Jaiswal, Manish
Purohit, Devendra
Mittal, R. S.
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description Ganglioglioma of the conus region is quite rare with only 12 reported cases. Ganglioglioma shares biologic features with neurofibromatosis leading to suggestions that the co-existence of the two diseases may be more than coincidental. We report a case of ganglioglioma of the conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis and explore the possible association of the two diseases.
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spelling pubmed-49749912016-10-01 Ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: A novel association? Sundar, Ilangovan Vijay Jaiswal, Manish Purohit, Devendra Mittal, R. S. Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Ganglioglioma of the conus region is quite rare with only 12 reported cases. Ganglioglioma shares biologic features with neurofibromatosis leading to suggestions that the co-existence of the two diseases may be more than coincidental. We report a case of ganglioglioma of the conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis and explore the possible association of the two diseases. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4974991/ /pubmed/27695570 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145088 Text en Copyright: © Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Case Report
Sundar, Ilangovan Vijay
Jaiswal, Manish
Purohit, Devendra
Mittal, R. S.
Ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: A novel association?
title Ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: A novel association?
title_full Ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: A novel association?
title_fullStr Ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: A novel association?
title_full_unstemmed Ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: A novel association?
title_short Ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: A novel association?
title_sort ganglioglioma of conus medullaris in a patient of neurofibromatosis type 1: a novel association?
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27695570
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145088
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