Malignant brain tumour with challenging intraoperative findings

Gabriele Gaggero; Silvia Bozzano; Nicoletta Fasano; Michele D’Agruma; Valerio GaetanoVellone; Giulio Fraternali Orcioni

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Case report

Malignant brain tumour with challenging intraoperative findings

Gabriele Gaggero

¹

,

Silvia Bozzano

²

,

Nicoletta Fasano

³

,

Michele D’Agruma

⁴

,

Valerio GaetanoVellone

¹

,

Giulio Fraternali Orcioni

⁵

Pathology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Anatomical Pathology, Scuola di Scienze Mediche e Farmaceutiche, Universita di Genova, Genoa, Italy
SSD Neuroradiologia, A.O. Santa Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
SC Neurochirurgia, A.O. Santa Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
SC Anatomia Patologica, A.O. Santa Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy

Pol J Pathol 2025; 76 (2): 168-172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2025.153979

Online publish date: 2025/09/22

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Malignant brain tumour with challenging intraoperative findings

Gabriele Gaggero 1 , Silvia Bozzano 2 , Nicoletta Fasano 3 , Michele D’Agruma 4 , Valerio GaetanoVellone 1 , Giulio Fraternali Orcioni 5

Gabriele Gaggero

¹

,

Silvia Bozzano

²

,

Nicoletta Fasano

³

,

Michele D’Agruma

⁴

,

Valerio GaetanoVellone

¹

,

Giulio Fraternali Orcioni

⁵