DZI19-121-Case-4
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DIFFUSE ASTROCYTIC GLIOMA, IDH-WILDTYPE, WITH MOLECULAR FEATURES OF GLIOBLASTOMA
Histological diagnosis: Anaplastic astrocytoma
WHO (integrated histological and molecular grade): IV
Molecular information: IDH: wildtype (IDH1/2 PCR sequencing) P53: positive in most tumor cells (immunohistochemistry, consistent with mutation) ATRX: nuclear expression retained (immunohistochemistry, consistent with wildtype) MGMT promoter: unmethylated (methylation specific PCR)
EGFR amplification: PRESENT (FISH)