Two Different Primary Brain Tumors, Glioblastoma Multiforme and Pituitary Adenoma, in Association with Colorectal Carcinoma – An Unusual Case of Nonfamilial Turcot's Syndrome?

E. Naydenov; M. Marinov; S. Nachev

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1313638

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, Table of Contents

Cent Eur Neurosurg 2012; 73(06): 410-412
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313638

Case Report

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Two Different Primary Brain Tumors, Glioblastoma Multiforme and Pituitary Adenoma, in Association with Colorectal Carcinoma – An Unusual Case of Nonfamilial Turcot's Syndrome?^[*]

E. Naydenov

¹University Hospital “St. Ivan Rilski”, Department of Neurosurgery, Sofia, Bulgaria

,

M. Marinov

¹University Hospital “St. Ivan Rilski”, Department of Neurosurgery, Sofia, Bulgaria

,

S. Nachev

²University Hospital “St. Ivan Rilski”, Laboratory of Neuropathology, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Two Different Primary Brain Tumors, Glioblastoma Multiforme and Pituitary Adenoma, in Association with Colorectal Carcinoma – An Unusual Case of Nonfamilial Turcot's Syndrome?[*]

Two Different Primary Brain Tumors, Glioblastoma Multiforme and Pituitary Adenoma, in Association with Colorectal Carcinoma – An Unusual Case of Nonfamilial Turcot's Syndrome?^[*]