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A mixed glioma and sarcoma in a 3-month-old infant is presented as a rare case of gliosarcoma with a good response to treatment. This congenital case is quite different from those in adults: the tumor cells were mainly composed of sarcomatous elements; glial components were not anaplastic without obvious endothelial hyperplasia, but presented as reticulin-free islands, mimicking a reactive glioma in a sarcoma. It may be termed “sarcoglioma” to distinguish from a classic gliosarcoma. The origin of the rare mixed tumor may be related to a dysgenesis of both mesenchymal and glial elements.
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Ono, N., Nakamura, M., Inoue, H.K. et al. Congenital gliosarcoma; so-called sarcoglioma. Child's Nerv Syst 6, 416–420 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00302231
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