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Various classification systems for brain stem gliomas have been described [1]. It has been recognized for some time that there is a subgroup of these lesions that is exophytic to the substance of the brain stem and has a very different biology compared to the diffusely infi ltrating intrinsic brain stem lesions [2]. The histology of these lesions is usually pilocytic astrocytoma, and the outcome is generally good.
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Kamaly-Asl, I.D., Drake, J.M. (2010). Dorsally Exophytic Brain Stem Gliomas. In: Tonn, JC., Westphal, M., Rutka, J.T. (eds) Oncology of CNS Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02874-8_30
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