Gliomatous transformation and demyelinating diseases.
The clinical and pathological details are described of three patients with demyelinating diseases associated with a glioma, the effects of which proved fatal. The findings suggest that the tumours developed from neoplastic transformation of glia in areas of established demyelination.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology