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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2023

Indolent presentation of a diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered.

Sudarshawn Damodharan, Jeffrey Helgager, Diane Puccetti

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Coexistence of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis and diffuse midline glioma in the brainstem in an adolescent boy with acute flaccid paralysis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sudarshawn DamodharanDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin, UW Carbone Cancer Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53792, USA. sdamodharan@uwhealth.org.
Jeffrey HelgagerDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Diane PuccettiDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Wisconsin, UW Carbone Cancer Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53792, USA.
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diffuse midline glioma (DMG), H3 K27-altered, are aggressive central nervous system tumors which are universally fatal, with a median survival of 8-12 months after diagnosis. Here, we present a patient who was incidentally found to have a lesion, concerning for tumor, within the right thalamus on brain magnetic resonance imaging at 2 years of age. Twelve years later, subsequent imaging showed that the lesion had enlarged, with biopsy consistent with DMG harboring an H3 K27M mutation. This case illustrates an unusual presentation of a DMG, H3 K27-altered, with an indolent course. Such findings highlight the fact that more research is needed to understand what factors may contribute to these tumors' malignant course.

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Brain NeoplasmsCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsGliomaHistonesHumansMutationHistonesGliomaH3K27MIndolentPediatric

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PMID36094605
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