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Metastatic cerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma masquerading as neurocysticercosis

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The authors would like to acknowledge the clinical assistance of Dr. Herman Yee and the administrative help of Ms. Diana Klopsis.

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  1. Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

    Jerome J. Graber

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

    Ambika Nayar

  3. Departments of Neurosurgery and Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

    David Zagzag

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Brain biopsy shows pleomorphic cells with variable size and shapes, some cells with lymphocytic and histocytic features in an angiocentric distribution. Muscle biopsy material (inset) showed large, pleomorphic, often multinucleated cells. (PDF 66 kb)

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Graber, J.J., Nayar, A. & Zagzag, D. Metastatic cerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma masquerading as neurocysticercosis. J Neurooncol 105, 437–439 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-011-0583-8

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