A case of meningioma with frequent relapses and a hyperhaploid stemline.
A meningioma of the meningotheliomatous type showed frequent relapses after surgery. Cytogenetic analysis of a tumor biopsy after the last relapse showed a highly aberrant hyperhaploid stemline.
Rønne
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Institute of Anatomy and Cytology, Odense University, Denmark.
Poulsgård
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Elberg
J J
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D000368:Aged; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005260:Female; D006238:Haploidy; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local