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Washington University Experience | NEOPLASMS (GLIAL) | Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered | 9A1 Glioblastoma, brainstem (Case 9) A

The ventral surface of the pons is greatly enlarged and lobulated. The basilar artery lies within a deep groove on the ventral surface of the pons and is partially obscured by overhanging lobules of firm tissue. Examination of coronal sections of the cerebral hemispheres reportedly discloses a grey, soft tumor infiltrating the subependymal portions of both lateral ventricles, as well as the midline structures, such as the septum pellucidum and fornix. Caudally the tumor involves the thalamus.

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