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Imaging Features of Primary Intracranial Sarcoma with DICER1 Mutation: A Multicenter Case Series

Rami W. Eldaya, Richard J. Fagan, Samir A. Dagher, Angshumoy Roy, Sonika Dahyia, Gregory N. Fuller, Max Wintermark, Matthew S. Parsons and Thierry A.G.M. Huisman
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2024, 45 (5) 626-631; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8192
Rami W. Eldaya
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (R.W.E., S.A.D., G.N.F., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Richard J. Fagan
bDepartment of Radiology (R.J.F., T.A.G.M.H.), Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza - BCM360, Houston, Texas
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Samir A. Dagher
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (R.W.E., S.A.D., G.N.F., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Angshumoy Roy
cDepartment of Pathology (A.R.), Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
dDepartment of Pathology & Immunology (A.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Sonika Dahyia
eDepartment of Pathology and Immunology (S.D.), WA University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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Gregory N. Fuller
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (R.W.E., S.A.D., G.N.F., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
fDepartments of Anatomical Pathology (G.N.F.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Max Wintermark
aFrom the Department of Neuroradiology (R.W.E., S.A.D., G.N.F., M.W.), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Matthew S. Parsons
gMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (M.S.P.), Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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Thierry A.G.M. Huisman
bDepartment of Radiology (R.J.F., T.A.G.M.H.), Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza - BCM360, Houston, Texas
hEdward B. Singleton Department of Radiology (T.A.G.M.H.), Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
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