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Multiple primary tumors in the central nervous system of different histological cell types are uncommon. Only case reports of concomitant central nervous system tumors have been reported, and only one case report of concomitant ependymoma and astrocytoma in one patient has been published. Multiplicity of primary CNS tumors should be considered in certain occasions, when clinical symptoms and signs are pointing in that direction. The entire spinal cord and brain should be imaged.
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Grahovac, G. (2012). Presence of Both Ependymoma and Astrocytoma in the Same Patient: Diagnosis. In: Hayat, M. (eds) Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 9. Tumors of the Central Nervous System, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5488-1_23
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