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Corpora Amylacea Mimicking Diffuse Glioma: A Rare Case of Extensive Periventricular Accumulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2025

Jung Youn Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Hye Jeong Choi*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Sang Heum Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Kyung Gi Cho
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Jin-Hyung Heo
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
*
Corresponding author: Hye Jeong Choi; Email: isahj@chamc.co.kr

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation

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