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Spinal Cord Astrocytoma with Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1 Gene Mutation.

World Neurosurgery 2017 December
BACKGROUND: In 2016, the World Health Organization updated its classification of tumors, adding genetic profiles to the conventional histopathologic typing.

CASE DESCRIPTION: The authors present herein the first case of a 44-year-old female with isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant World Health Organization grade II diffuse spinal astrocytoma diagnosed on the basis of both histopathologic and genetic findings.

CONCLUSIONS: The present case underscores the significant role of a molecular genetic analysis in the differential diagnosis of intramedullary spinal gliomas.

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