Thomas John Cummings | Scholars@Duke

Thomas John Cummings
Professor of Pathology

Clinical and Research interests: Neuropathology; Ophthalmic pathology; Orthopaedic pathology; Neuromuscular pathology; General surgical pathology; Leprosy; Tropical diseases.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Pathology, Pathology, Clinical Science Departments 2011
Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Clinical Science Departments 2011
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 1997

Contact Information

351M Davison Bldg, Green Zone, Duke South Hospital, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Box 3712, Durham, NC 27710
thomas.cummings@duke.edu (919) 684-6592

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow, Neuropathology, Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine 1999 - 2001
- Resident, Pathology, Duke University 1997 - 1999
- M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 1991
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Vice Chair and Pathology Residency Program Director, 2016 to present.
  Division Chief of Neuropathology and Ophthalmic Pathology, 2019 to present.
Research
Selected Grants
- Research Training In Neuro-Oncology awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2010
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Cummings, Thomas J. Ophthalmic Pathology A Concise Guide. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.
- Academic Articles
  - Ahn, Janice S., John Ervin, Thomas J. Cummings, Giselle Y. López, and Shih-Hsiu J. Wang. “Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor With a Novel GPR37L1-PRKCA Fusion.” J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 80, no. 10 (October 26, 2021): 1004–6. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnen/nlab055.
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  - Jug, Rachel, Adam L. Booth, Anne F. Buckley, Jordan Newell, Joshua Kesterson, Jerad M. Gardner, Lerna Ozcan, et al. “Multisite Quality Improvement Study of a Patient-Pathologist Consultation Program.” Am J Clin Pathol 155, no. 6 (May 18, 2021): 887–94. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqaa202.
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  - Jackson, David George, John Parker, and Thomas Cummings. “Pituitary thyrotoxicosis presenting as abnormal thyroid function testing during pregnancy: a case report.” J Med Case Rep 15, no. 1 (April 4, 2021): 173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-021-02734-4.
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  - Ahn, Janice S., Maureen Petersen, Allan H. Friedman, Edward M. López, Thomas J. Cummings, Anne F. Buckley, and Giselle Y. López. “Eosinophilic globules in a classic ependymoma: evidence of a possible secretory role.” Ultrastruct Pathol 44, no. 4–6 (November 20, 2020): 511–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01913123.2020.1843578.
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  - Williamson, Theresa L., Andrew Cutler, Mary I. Cobb, Shervin Rahimpour, Eric R. Butler, Stephen C. Harward, Thomas J. Cummings, and Allan H. Friedman. “Autograft-derived spinal cord mass in the cervical spine following transplantation with olfactory mucosa cells for traumatic spinal cord injury: case report.” J Neurosurg Spine, November 6, 2020, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.6.SPINE20251.
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  - Law, Megan X., Thomas J. Cummings, and Federico G. Velez. “Post-traumatic superior oblique tendon nodule associated with acquired Brown syndrome.” J Aapos 24, no. 5 (October 2020): 309–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaapos.2020.05.005.
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  - Steele, John W., Sharon Bayliss, John Bayliss, Ying Linda Lin, Bogdan J. Wlodarczyk, Robert M. Cabrera, Yohannes G. Asfaw, Thomas J. Cummings, Richard H. Finnell, and Timothy M. George. “Heritable spina bifida in sheep: A potential model for fetal repair of myelomeningocele.” J Pediatr Surg 55, no. 3 (March 2020): 475–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.06.019.
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  - Goerlitz-Jessen, Mark F., Thomas J. Cummings, and Melissa B. Daluvoy. “Infectious Keratitis in a 23-Year-Old Patient With Netherton Syndrome.” Jama Ophthalmol 138, no. 2 (February 1, 2020): 210–11. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.4920.
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  - Ramkissoon, Lori A., Worthy Pegram, James Haberberger, Natalie Danziger, Glenn Lesser, Roy Strowd, Sonika Dahiya, et al. “Genomic Profiling of Circulating Tumor DNA From Cerebrospinal Fluid to Guide Clinical Decision Making for Patients With Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors.” Front Neurol 11 (2020): 544680. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.544680.
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  - Gospe, Sidney M., Cecilia Santiago-Turla, Stephanie M. DeArmey, Thomas J. Cummings, Priya S. Kishnani, and M Tariq Bhatti. “Ectopic Ocular Surface Calcification in Patients With Hypophosphatasia Treated With Asfotase Alfa.” Cornea 38, no. 7 (July 2019): 896–900. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICO.0000000000001947.
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  - Cantu, Colby A., Cynthia L. Green, Thomas J. Cummings, Beiyu Liu, and Rajesh C. Dash. “Flow cytometry immunophenotyping of vitreous specimens does not contribute to diagnosis of lymphoma without supporting morphologic features.” Diagn Cytopathol 47, no. 4 (April 2019): 275–81. https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.24093.
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  - Yates, Joseph R., Michael J. Mines, Prem S. Subramanian, Roxana Rivera-Michlig, Thomas J. Cummings, and Charles G. Eberhart. “Periocular Histiocytoid Carcinoma: Potential Diagnostic Challenges.” Ocul Oncol Pathol 5, no. 2 (February 2019): 94–101. https://doi.org/10.1159/000490250.
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  - Ong, Sally S., Thomas J. Cummings, Lejla Vajzovic, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, and Cynthia A. Toth. “Comparison of Optical Coherence Tomography With Fundus Photographs, Fluorescein Angiography, and Histopathologic Analysis in Assessing Coats Disease.” Jama Ophthalmol 137, no. 2 (February 1, 2019): 176–83. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.5654.
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  - Ong, Sally S., Thomas J. Cummings, and Sharon F. Freedman. “Cholesterol Crystals in the Anterior Segment in Coats' Disease.” Ophthalmol Retina 2, no. 8 (August 2018): 791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2018.04.015.
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  - Charalambous, Lefko T., Anirudh Penumaka, Jordan M. Komisarow, Amanda C. Hemmerich, Thomas J. Cummings, Patrick J. Codd, and Allan H. Friedman. “Masson's tumor of the pineal region: case report.” J Neurosurg 128, no. 6 (June 2018): 1725–30. https://doi.org/10.3171/2017.2.JNS162350.
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  - Harrison, W., P. Pittman, and T. Cummings. “Pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland: A review with updates on malignant transformation and molecular genetics.” Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology 32, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 13–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.02.014.
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  - Harrison, W., P. Pittman, and T. Cummings. “Optic nerve choristoma.” Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology 32, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 90–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.02.012.
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  - Alvarez, Rebeca, Michael Schild, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Primary intracranial leiomyoma in an immunocompetent patient.” Clin Neuropathol 37, no. 2 (2018): 85–86. https://doi.org/10.5414/NP301063.
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  - Lee, Andrew R., Dilraj S. Grewal, Thomas J. Cummings, Laura B. Enyedi, Nicole A. Larrier, and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya. “Multifocal iris melanoma in a 2-year-old managed with I-125 plaque brachytherapy.” J Aapos 21, no. 5 (October 2017): 410–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaapos.2017.03.014.
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  - Jiramongkolchai, Kim, Muhammed T. Bhatti, Herbert E. Fuchs, Thomas E. Cummings, Pawina Jiramongkolchai, and Mays A. El-Dairi. “Endodermal Cyst of the Third Nerve in a Child.” J Neuroophthalmol 37, no. 3 (September 2017): 311–13. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000000443.
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  - Walter, Scott D., Thomas J. Cummings, and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya. “Anterior Chamber Angle Invasion of Iridociliary Melanoma.” Ophthalmology 124, no. 6 (June 2017): 842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.12.003.
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  - Grewal, Dilraj S., Thomas J. Cummings, and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya. “Outcomes of 27-Gauge Vitrectomy-Assisted Choroidal and Subretinal Biopsy.” Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 48, no. 5 (May 1, 2017): 406–15. https://doi.org/10.3928/23258160-20170428-07.
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  - Schild, Michael H., Elizabeth P. Doane, Allan H. Friedman, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Mixed hemangioblastoma and ependymoma collision tumor of the cerebellum.” Clin Neuropathol 36, no. 5 (2017): 248–49. https://doi.org/10.5414/NP301042.
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  - Schild, Michael H., William T. Harrison, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Olfactory ensheathing cell tumor: a case presentation.” Clin Neuropathol 36, no. 6 (2017): 291–92. https://doi.org/10.5414/NP301053.
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  - Kent, C. L., Y. M. Mowery, A. O. Wright, G. J. Kim, A. Desjardins, K. B. Peters, G. Vlahovic, et al. “Long-Term Outcomes for Patients With Atypical or Malignant Meningiomas Treated With Radiation Therapy: A Single-Institution Retrospective Analysis.” Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 96, no. 2S (October 1, 2016): E83–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.802.
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  - McKinnon, Elizabeth L., Andrew J. Rand, M Angelica Selim, Herbert E. Fuchs, Anne F. Buckley, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma presenting as a sacral skin tag in two neonates with spinal dysraphism.” J Cutan Pathol 42, no. 10 (October 2015): 774–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/cup.12538.
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  - El-Dairi, Mays A., Lan Chang, Alan D. Proia, Thomas J. Cummings, Sandra S. Stinnett, and M Tariq Bhatti. “Diagnostic Algorithm for Patients With Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis.” J Neuroophthalmol 35, no. 3 (September 2015): 246–53. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000000234.
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  - Komforti, Miglena, and Thomas J. Cummings. “An Extraordinary Association of Glomus Tumor and Pacinian Hyperplasia in the Hand of a Female Patient.” Am J Dermatopathol 37, no. 9 (September 2015): 719–20. https://doi.org/10.1097/DAD.0000000000000374.
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  - Todorich, Bozho, Thomas J. Cummings, and Sharon Freedman. “Choroid plexus in the eye: a case study.” Retin Cases Brief Rep 9, no. 1 (2015): 78–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000000089.
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  - Vora, Gargi Khare, Brian Marr, Thomas J. Cummings, and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya. “Conjunctival pseudotumor caused by herpes simplex virus infection.” Jama Ophthalmol 133, no. 1 (January 2015): 105–7. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.3316.
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  - Cummings, T. J. “Ophthalmologic Pathology: SY20-1 OCULAR PATHOLOGY, AN OVERVIEW: RETINA AND OPTIC NERVE.” Pathology 46 Suppl 2 (October 2014): S30. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.PAT.0000454185.97418.8c.
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  - Espandar, Ladan, Thomas J. Cummings, and Christopher S. Boehlke. “Unilateral microsporidia keratitis in a healthy non-contact lens wearer.” Jama Ophthalmol 132, no. 7 (July 2014): 822. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4079.
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  - Yiu, Glenn, Thomas J. Cummings, and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya. “Choroidal metastatasis from a neuroendocrine tumor masquerading as choroidal melanoma.” Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 45, no. 5 (2014): 456–58. https://doi.org/10.3928/23258160-20140725-01.
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  - Wilson, Jesse W., Lejla Vajzovic, Francisco E. Robles, Thomas J. Cummings, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, and Warren S. Warren. “Imaging microscopic pigment chemistry in conjunctival melanocytic lesions using pump-probe laser microscopy.” Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 54, no. 10 (October 21, 2013): 6867–76. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.13-12432.
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  - Babu, Ranjith, Adam G. Back, Jordan M. Komisarow, Timothy R. Owens, Thomas J. Cummings, and Gavin W. Britz. “Symptomatic Rathke's cleft cyst with a co-existing pituitary tumor; Brief review of the literature.” Asian J Neurosurg 8, no. 4 (October 2013): 183–87. https://doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.125662.
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  - Babu, Ranjith, Isaac O. Karikari, Thomas J. Cummings, Oren N. Gottfried, and Carlos A. Bagley. “Treatment and outcomes of epithelioid sarcoma of the spine.” J Clin Neurosci 20, no. 10 (October 2013): 1342–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2012.12.009.
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  - Hansen, Mark S., Sulene L. Chi, Thomas Cummings, and Julie A. Woodward. “Uncorrectable ptosis: primary cutaneous signet-ring cell carcinoma.” Dermatol Online J 19, no. 9 (September 14, 2013): 19615.
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  - Hansen, M. S., S. L. Chi, T. Cummings, and J. A. Woodward. “Uncorrectable ptosis: primary cutaneous signet-ring cell carcinoma.” Dermatology Online Journal 19, no. 9 (September 1, 2013): 19615.
  - Babu, Ranjith, Jeffrey Hatef, Roger E. McLendon, Thomas J. Cummings, John H. Sampson, Allan H. Friedman, and Cory Adamson. “Clinicopathological characteristics and treatment of rhabdoid glioblastoma.” J Neurosurg 119, no. 2 (August 2013): 412–19. https://doi.org/10.3171/2013.3.JNS121773.
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  - Gandhi, Rikesh, Ranjith Babu, Thomas J. Cummings, and Cory Adamson. “Adult primitive neuroectodermal tumors: the prognostic value of supratentorial location.” J Neurooncol 114, no. 1 (August 2013): 141–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-013-1163-x.
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  - Babu, Ranjith, Timothy R. Owens, Isaac O. Karikari, Jessica Moreno, Thomas J. Cummings, Oren N. Gottfried, and Carlos A. Bagley. “Spinal cavernous and capillary hemangiomas in adults.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38, no. 7 (April 1, 2013): E423–30. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e318287fef7.
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  - Edward, Deepak P., Jose Morales, Rachida A. Bouhenni, Jayaprakash Patil, Priya R. Edward, Thomas J. Cummings, Imtiaz A. Chaudhry, and Hind Alkatan. “Congenital ectropion uvea and mechanisms of glaucoma in neurofibromatosis type 1: new insights.” Ophthalmology 119, no. 7 (July 2012): 1485–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.01.027.
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  - Lou, Emil, Ashley L. Sumrall, Thomas J. Cummings, David N. Korones, Susan A. Weaver, and Katherine B. Peters. “Disseminated Intracranial Ewing's Sarcoma in an Adult: A Rare and Difficult Diagnosis.” Case Rep Oncol 5, no. 2 (May 2012): 325–31. https://doi.org/10.1159/000339721.
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  - Simpson, Lauren N., Betsy D. Hughes, Isaac O. Karikari, Ankit I. Mehta, Tiffany R. Hodges, Thomas J. Cummings, and Carlos A. Bagley. “Catecholamine-secreting paraganglioma of the thoracic spinal column: report of an unusual case and review of the literature.” Neurosurgery 70, no. 4 (April 2012): E1049–52. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e31822e5aae.
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  - Nimjee, Shahid M., Jens D. Lohrmann, Haichen Wang, David J. Snyder, Thomas J. Cummings, Richard C. Becker, Sabah Oney, and Bruce A. Sullenger. “Rapidly regulating platelet activity in vivo with an antidote controlled platelet inhibitor.” Mol Ther 20, no. 2 (February 2012): 391–97. https://doi.org/10.1038/mt.2011.226.
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  - Choi, Bryan D., Tiffany R. Hodges, Gerald A. Grant, Herbert E. Fuchs, Thomas J. Cummings, and Carrie R. Muh. “Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lateral ventricle in a pediatric patient.” Pediatr Neurosurg 48, no. 6 (2012): 374–78. https://doi.org/10.1159/000353609.
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  - Mehta, A. I., I. O. Karikari, T. J. Cummings, and C. A. Bagley. “Giant sacral metastasis of Hurthle cell thyroid carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature.” Journal of Surgical Radiology 2, no. 3 (December 1, 2011): 284–89.
  - Reynolds, Renee M., Elizabeth Boswell, Christine M. Hulette, Thomas J. Cummings, Michael M. Haglund, and Thomas J. Cumm Ings. “Sudden death from diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis.” J Neurosurg Spine 15, no. 6 (December 2011): 625–29. https://doi.org/10.3171/2011.7.SPINE10728.
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  - Rafaels, Karin, Cameron R Dale Bass, Robert S. Salzar, Matthew B. Panzer, William Woods, Sanford Feldman, Thomas Cummings, and Bruce Capehart. “Survival risk assessment for primary blast exposures to the head.” J Neurotrauma 28, no. 11 (November 2011): 2319–28. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2009.1207.
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  - Karikari, Isaac O., Ankit I. Mehta, Shahid Nimjee, Tiffany R. Hodges, June Tibaleka, Charita Montgomery, Lauren Simpson, Thomas J. Cummings, and Carlos A. Bagley. “Primary intradural extraosseous Ewing sarcoma of the spine: case report and literature review.” Neurosurgery 69, no. 4 (October 2011): E995–99. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e318223b7c7.
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  - Hodges, Tiffany R., Isaac O. Karikari, Shahid M. Nimjee, June Tibaleka, Allan H. Friedman, Thomas J. Cummings, and Takanori Fukushima. “Calcifying pseudoneoplasm of the cerebellopontine angle: case report.” Neurosurgery 69, no. 1 Suppl Operative (September 2011): onsE117–20. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182155511.
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  - Papalas, John A., Alan D. Proia, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Hematolymphoid malignancies with intraocular intravascular involvement: report of 2 cases.” Ann Diagn Pathol 15, no. 4 (August 2011): 286–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2010.04.006.
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  - Parker, Stephen R., Peggy Harris, Thomas J. Cummings, Timothy George, Herbert Fuchs, and Gerald Grant. “Complications following decompression of Chiari malformation Type I in children: dural graft or sealant?” J Neurosurg Pediatr 8, no. 2 (August 2011): 177–83. https://doi.org/10.3171/2011.5.PEDS10362.
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  - Peters, Katherine B., Thomas J. Cummings, and Sridharan Gururangan. “Transformation of juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma to anaplastic pilocytic astrocytoma in patients with neurofibromatosis type I.” J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 33, no. 5 (July 2011): e198–201. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0b013e318205e230.
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  - Hodges, Tiffany R., Isaac O. Karikari, Shahid M. Nimjee, June Tibaleka, Thomas J. Cummings, Senthil Radhakrishnan, and Allan H. Friedman. “Fourth ventricular schwannoma: identical clinicopathologic features as schwann cell-derived schwannoma with unique etiopathologic origins.” Case Rep Med 2011 (2011): 165954. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/165954.
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  - Palta, Manisha, Richard F. Riedel, James J. Vredenburgh, Thomas J. Cummings, Scott Green, Zheng Chang, and John P. Kirkpatrick. “Primary meningeal rhabdomyosarcoma.” Sarcoma 2011 (2011): 312802. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/312802.
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  - Foo, W. -. C., A. Desjardins, and T. J. Cummings. “Primary intracerebral Hodgkin lymphoma with recurrence.” Clin Neuropathol 30, no. 2 (2011): 75–79. https://doi.org/10.5414/npp30075.
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  - Husain, Amina, Thomas Cummings, Michael J. Richard, and Julie A. Woodward. “Nodular fasciitis presenting in an adult woman.” Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 27, no. 6 (2011): e168–70. https://doi.org/10.1097/IOP.0b013e31820ccccd.
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  - Papalas, John A., Cyrus K. Manavi, Julie A. Woodward, Omar P. Sangueza, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Angiosarcoma of the eyelid: a clinicopathologic comparison between isolated unilateral tumors and tumors demonstrating extrapalpebral involvement.” Am J Dermatopathol 32, no. 7 (October 2010): 694–99. https://doi.org/10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181cf7813.
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  - Ding, Dale, Charles W. Kanaly, Thomas J. Cummings, James E. Herndon, Raghu Raghavan, and John H. Sampson. “Long-term safety of combined intracerebral delivery of free gadolinium and targeted chemotherapeutic agent PRX321.” Neurol Res 32, no. 8 (October 2010): 810–15. https://doi.org/10.1179/174367509X12581069052090.
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  - Karikari, Isaac O., Gerald Grant, Thomas J. Cummings, Jeffrey Petrella, and Herbert E. Fuchs. “Endodermal cyst of the oculomotor nerve.” Pediatr Neurosurg 46, no. 2 (August 2010): 155–56. https://doi.org/10.1159/000319562.
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  - Papalas, John A., Alan D. Proia, Mike Hitchcock, Parag Gandhi, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Neurothekeoma palpebrae: A report of 3 cases.” Am J Dermatopathol 32, no. 4 (June 2010): 374–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/dad.0b013e3181beaac7.
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  - Ding, D., C. W. Kanaly, D. D. Bigner, T. J. Cummings, J. E. Herndon, I. Pastan, R. Raghavan, and J. H. Sampson. “Erratum: Convection-enhanced delivery of free gadolinium with the recombinant immunotoxin MR1-1 (Journal of Neuro-Oncology DOI 10.1007/s11060-009-0046-7).” Journal of Neuro Oncology 98, no. 1 (May 1, 2010): 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-010-0183-z.
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  - Ding, Dale, Charles W. Kanaly, Darrell D. Bigner, Thomas J. Cummings, James E. Herndon, Ira Pastan, Raghu Raghavan, and John H. Sampson. “Convection-enhanced delivery of free gadolinium with the recombinant immunotoxin MR1-1.” J Neurooncol 98, no. 1 (May 2010): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-009-0046-7.
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  - Mattox, Austin K., Ankit I. Mehta, Peter M. Grossi, Thomas J. Cummings, and D Cory Adamson. “Response of malignant scalp dermatofibrosarcoma to presurgical targeted growth factor inhibition.” J Neurosurg 112, no. 5 (May 2010): 965–77. https://doi.org/10.3171/2009.7.JNS09522.
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  - Altermatt, Fernando R., Thomas J. Cummings, Kathryn M. Auten, Mathew F. Baldwin, Samuel W. Belknap, and James D. Reynolds. “Ultrasonographic appearance of intraneural injections in the porcine model.” Reg Anesth Pain Med 35, no. 2 (2010): 203–6. https://doi.org/10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181d28396.
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  - Hughes, Betsy D., Gerald A. Grant, Thomas J. Cummings, and Herbert E. Fuchs. “Disappearing bone disease and Chiari I malformation.” Pediatr Neurosurg 46, no. 1 (2010): 58–61. https://doi.org/10.1159/000315005.
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  - Jun, Bokkwan, John P. Berdahl, Anthony N. Kuo, Thomas J. Cummings, and Terry Kim. “Corneal wound architecture and integrity after torsional and mixed phacoemulsification: evaluation of standard and microincisional coaxial techniques.” Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 41, no. 1 (2010): 128–34. https://doi.org/10.3928/15428877-20091230-23.
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  - Lungren, M. P., J. R. Petrella, T. J. Cummings, and G. A. Grant. “Isolated intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease in a child.” Ajnr Am J Neuroradiol 30, no. 10 (November 2009): E148–49. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1812.
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  - Chong, G. T., T. J. Cummings, P. Mruthyunjaya, and M. J. Richard. “Clinical and ocular pathological findings in Von Hippel-Lindau disease.” Clinical and Surgical Ophthalmology 27, no. 6–7 (June 1, 2009): 174–78.
  - Karikari, Isaac O., Ciaran J. Powers, Carlos A. Bagley, Thomas J. Cummings, Senthilkumar Radhakrishnan, and Allan H. Friedman. “Primary intramedullary melanocytoma of the spinal cord: case report.” Neurosurgery 64, no. 4 (April 2009): E777–78. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000341516.22126.AA.
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  - Kleinschmidt-Demasters, Bette Kay, Thomas J. Cummings, Christine M. Hulette, Joel C. Morgenlander, and John R. Corboy. “Adult cases of leukoencephalopathy, cerebral calcifications, and cysts: expanding the spectrum of the disorder.” J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 68, no. 4 (April 2009): 432–39. https://doi.org/10.1097/NEN.0b013e31819fd897.
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  - Karikari, Isaac O., Nasreen A. Syed, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Secretory meningiomas of the orbit.” Orbit 28, no. 6 (2009): 408–11. https://doi.org/10.3109/01676830903104694.
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  - Price, Kristina M., Thomas J. Cummings, Jonathan R. Etter, and Julie A. Woodward. “Ectopic brain in the orbit presenting as disc edema in an adult.” Orbit 28, no. 1 (2009): 74–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/01676830802599150.
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  - Cummings, Thomas J., Leslie G. Dodd, Christopher R. Eedes, and Gordon K. Klintworth. “Hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis: an evaluation of diagnostic cytology.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 132, no. 8 (August 2008): 1325–28. https://doi.org/10.5858/2008-132-1325-HBIDAE.
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  - Awdeh, Richard M., John J. DeStafeno, Douglas M. Blackmon, Thomas J. Cummings, and Terry Kim. “The presence of T-lymphocyte subpopulations (CD4 and CD8) in pterygia: evaluation of the inflammatory response.” Adv Ther 25, no. 5 (May 2008): 479–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-008-0056-4.
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  - Grossi, Peter M., Michael J. Ellis, Thomas J. Cummings, Linda L. Gray, Takanori Fukushima, and John H. Sampson. “Cholesterol granuloma of the lateral ventricle. Case report.” J Neurosurg 108, no. 2 (February 2008): 357–60. https://doi.org/10.3171/JNS/2008/108/2/0357.
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  - Scott, Adrienne W., Sharon Fekrat, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Thomas J. Cummings, and Michael J. Cooney. “Unusual case of diffuse choroidal melanoma masquerading as atypical central serous chorioretinopathy.” Retin Cases Brief Rep 2, no. 4 (2008): 280–85. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0b013e318156d799.
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  - Scott, Adrienne W., Thomas J. Cummings, John P. Kirkpatrick, and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya. “Choroidal metastasis of follicular thyroid adenocarcinoma diagnosed by 25-gauge transretinal biopsy.” Ann Ophthalmol (Skokie) 40, no. 2 (2008): 110–12.
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  - Morris, Carrie L., Srinivasan Mukundan, Alan Heimann, Thomas J. Cummings, and David A. Chesnutt. “Stage IV primitive-appearing sinus and orbital rhabdomyosarcoma presenting in a 68-year-old female previously treated for breast cancer.” Orbit 27, no. 1 (2008): 73–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/01676830601177489.
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  - Youens, Kenneth E., Julie Woodward, Dana Wallace, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Hybrid neurofibroma-schwannoma of the orbit.” Orbit 27, no. 3 (2008): 223–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/01676830802009804.
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  - Fecci, Peter E., Hidenobu Ochiai, Duane A. Mitchell, Peter M. Grossi, Alison E. Sweeney, Gary E. Archer, Thomas Cummings, James P. Allison, Darell D. Bigner, and John H. Sampson. “Systemic CTLA-4 blockade ameliorates glioma-induced changes to the CD4+ T cell compartment without affecting regulatory T-cell function.” Clin Cancer Res 13, no. 7 (April 1, 2007): 2158–67. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-2070.
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  - Kanaly, Charles W., Lee A. Selznick, Thomas J. Cummings, and D Cory Adamson. “Cerebellar cryptococcoma in a patient with undiagnosed sarcoidosis: case report.” Neurosurgery 60, no. 3 (March 2007): E571. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000255338.18404.C1.
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  - Karikari, Isaac O., Keyne K. Thomas, Anand Lagoo, Thomas J. Cummings, and Timothy M. George. “Primary cerebral ALK-1-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma in a child. Case report and literature review.” Pediatr Neurosurg 43, no. 6 (2007): 516–21. https://doi.org/10.1159/000108799.
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  - Karikari, Isaac O., Lee A. Selznick, Thomas J. Cummings, and Timothy M. George. “Spinal capillary hemangioma in infants: report of two cases and review of the literature.” Pediatr Neurosurg 43, no. 2 (2007): 125–29. https://doi.org/10.1159/000098386.
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  - Karikari, Isaac O., Timothy D. Uschold, Lee A. Selznick, James H. Carter, Thomas J. Cummings, and Allan H. Friedman. “Primary spinal intramedullary adrenal cortical adenoma associated with spinal dysraphism: case report.” Neurosurgery 59, no. 5 (November 2006): E1144. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000245588.31334.83.
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  - Lacassie, Hector J., John R. Schultz, Thomas J. Cummings, Richard Morris, Scott L. Trasti, and James D. Reynolds. “Behavioural testing and histological assessments of rabbit spinal cord following intrathecal administration of ondansetron.” Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 33, no. 9 (September 2006): 798–801. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2006.04442.x.
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  - Fecci, Peter E., Alison E. Sweeney, Peter M. Grossi, Smita K. Nair, Christopher A. Learn, Duane A. Mitchell, Xiuyu Cui, et al. “Systemic anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody administration safely enhances immunity in murine glioma without eliminating regulatory T cells.” Clin Cancer Res 12, no. 14 Pt 1 (July 15, 2006): 4294–4305. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-0053.
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  - Abel, Ty W., Mark Curtis, Doris D. Lin, Peter C. Burger, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Complex choristoma of the gyrus rectus: a distinct clinicopathologic entity?” Am J Surg Pathol 30, no. 5 (May 2006): 625–29. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.pas.0000194744.33540.28.
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  - Karikari, I. O., L. A. Selznick, T. J. Cummings, and T. M. George. “Capillary hemangioma of the fourth ventricle in an infant. Case report and review of the literature.” Journal of Neurosurgery. 104, no. 3 Suppl (March 1, 2006): 188–91.
  - Karikari, Isaac O., Lee A. Selznick, Thomas J. Cummings, and Timothy M. George. “Capillary hemangioma of the fourth ventricle in an infant. Case report and review of the literature.” J Neurosurg 104, no. 3 Suppl (March 2006): 188–91. https://doi.org/10.3171/ped.2006.104.3.188.
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  - Powers, Ciaran J., Catherine C. Pizzi, Thomas J. Cummings, and Allan H. Friedman. “Primary myxoma of the parafalcine meninges. Case report.” J Neurosurg 104, no. 3 (March 2006): 440–43. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.2006.104.3.440.
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  - Reeves, Sherman W., Dianna L. Miele, Julie A. Woodward, Thomas J. Cummings, Megan C. Eales, Paul Kurz, and Michael J. Cooney. “Retinal folds as initial manifestation of orbital lymphangioma.” Arch Ophthalmol 123, no. 12 (December 2005): 1756–58. https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.123.12.1756.
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  - Mazur, Melissa A., Sridharan Gururangan, Julia A. Bridge, Thomas J. Cummings, Srinivasan Mukundan, Herbert Fuchs, Nicole Larrier, and Edward C. Halperin. “Intracranial Ewing sarcoma.” Pediatr Blood Cancer 45, no. 6 (November 2005): 850–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.20430.
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  - Afshari, Natalie A., Tarra M. Wright, Thomas J. Cummings, and Alan D. Proia. “Collagen-rich crystalloids in a scarred vascularized cornea.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 129, no. 9 (September 2005): 1179–82. https://doi.org/10.5858/2005-129-1179-CCIASV.
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  - Cummings, Thomas J., Timothy T. Stenzel, Gordon Klintworth, and Glenn J. Jaffe. “Primary intraocular T-cell-rich large B-cell lymphoma.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 129, no. 8 (August 2005): 1050–53. https://doi.org/10.5858/2005-129-1050-PITLBL.
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  - Adamson, D Cory, Thomas J. Cummings, and Allan H. Friedman. “Myxopapillary Ependymoma and Fatty Filum in an Adult with Tethered Cord Syndrome: A Shared Embryological Lesion? Case Report.” Neurosurgery 57, no. 2 (August 2005): E373. https://doi.org/10.1227/01.neu.0000166690.35246.dd.
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  - Volmar, Keith E., Thomas J. Cummings, Wei Hua Wang, Andrew J. Creager, Douglas S. Tyler, and H Bill Xie. “Clear cell hidradenoma: a mimic of metastatic clear cell tumors.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 129, no. 5 (May 2005): e113–16. https://doi.org/10.5858/2005-129-e113-CCHAMO.
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  - Fuh, E., S. de la Fuente, M. K. Shah, D. K. Okodiko, T. J. Cummings, W. S. Eubanks, and J. D. Reynolds. “Long-term behavioral assessment of guinea pigs following neonatal pneumoperitoneum.” Surg Endosc 19, no. 5 (May 2005): 715–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-004-8181-x.
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  - Mott, R. T., B. K. Goodman, J. L. Burchette, and T. J. Cummings. “Loss of chromosome 13 in a case of soft tissue perineurioma.” Clin Neuropathol 24, no. 2 (2005): 69–76.
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  - Pietrow, Paul K., Alon Z. Weizer, James O. L’Esperance, Brian K. Auge, Ari Silverstein, Thomas Cummings, Glenn M. Preminger, and David M. Albala. “PlasmaKinetic bipolar vessel sealing: burst pressures and thermal spread in an animal model.” J Endourol 19, no. 1 (2005): 107–10. https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2005.19.107.
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  - Patil, Parag G., Thomas J. Cummings, James A. Nunley, and Allan H. Friedman. “Xanthogranuloma of the sciatic nerve: case report.” Neurosurgery 55, no. 6 (December 2004): 1435.
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  - Cummings, T. J., A. D. Proia, and J. Woodward. “Epithelioid hemangioma of the orbit.” Clinical and Surgical Ophthalmology 22, no. 8 (August 1, 2004): 224–26.
  - Czajka, Marcin P., Thomas J. Cummings, Brooks W. McCuen, Cynthia A. Toth, Hoang Nguyen, and Sharon Fekrat. “Radial optic neurotomy in the porcine eye without retinal vein occlusion.” Arch Ophthalmol 122, no. 8 (August 2004): 1185–89. https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.122.8.1185.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. T. Chu, S. C. Pollock, and G. K. Klintworth. “Optic nerve astrocytoma associated with angiogenesis and neovascular glaucoma.” Clinical and Refractive Optometry 15, no. 7–8 (July 1, 2004): 208–15.
  - Czajka, Marcin P., Brooks W. McCuen, Thomas J. Cummings, Hoang Nguyen, Sandra Stinnett, and Fulton Wong. “Effects of indocyanine green on the retina and retinal pigment epithelium in a porcine model of retinal hole.” Retina 24, no. 2 (April 2004): 275–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006982-200404000-00014.
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  - Moya, Martin P., G Robert Delong, Daniel Barboriak, and Thomas J. Cummings. “A lethal association of congenital apnea with brainstem tegmental necrosis.” Pediatr Neurol 30, no. 3 (March 2004): 219–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.07.007.
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  - Adamson, D. C., T. J. Cummings, and A. H. Friedman. “Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the spine after radiation therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma.” Clin Neuropathol 23, no. 5 (2004): 245–55.
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  - Alexander, R. T., R. E. McLendon, and T. J. Cummings. “Meningioma with eosinophilic granular inclusions.” Clin Neuropathol 23, no. 6 (2004): 292–97.
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  - Cummings, T. J., J. A. Bridge, and T. Fukushima. “Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the jugular foramen.” Clin Neuropathol 23, no. 5 (2004): 232–37.
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  - Cummings, T. J., T. M. George, H. E. Fuchs, and R. E. McLendon. “The pathology of extracranial scalp and skull masses in young children.” Clin Neuropathol 23, no. 1 (2004): 34–43.
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  - Cummings, Thomas J., and Alan D. Proia. “Optic nerve compression in infantile malignant autosomal recessive osteopetrosis.” J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 41, no. 4 (2004): 241–44. https://doi.org/10.3928/0191-3913-20040701-15.
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  - Cummings, T. J., and T. M. George. “The immunohistochemical profile of the normal conus medullaris and filum terminale.” Neuroembryology 2, no. 2 (December 11, 2003): 43–49. https://doi.org/10.1159/000071020.
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  - George, Timothy M., Ketan R. Bulsara, and Thomas J. Cummings. “The immunohistochemical profile of the tethered filum terminale.” Pediatr Neurosurg 39, no. 5 (November 2003): 227–33. https://doi.org/10.1159/000072866.
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  - George, Timothy M., and Thomas J. Cummings. “The immunohistochemical profile of the myelomeningocele placode: is the placode normal?” Pediatr Neurosurg 39, no. 5 (November 2003): 234–39. https://doi.org/10.1159/000072867.
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  - Alexander, R. T., and T. J. Cummings. “Pathologic quiz case: Acute-onset paraplegia in a 60-year-old woman.” Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 127, no. 8 (August 1, 2003): 1047–48.
  - Alexander, Russell T., and Thomas J. Cummings. “Pathologic quiz case: acute-onset paraplegia in a 60-year-old woman. Spinal cord infarction secondary to fibrocartilaginous (intervertebral disk) embolism.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 127, no. 8 (August 2003): 1047–48. https://doi.org/10.5858/2003-127-1047-PQCAPI.
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  - Volmar, Keith E., Thomas A. Sporn, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Pathologic quiz case: a 54-year-old man with multiple pulmonary nodules.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 127, no. 7 (July 2003): e319–20. https://doi.org/10.5858/2003-127-e319-PQCAYO.
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  - Rich, Jeremy N., Qing Shi, Mark Hjelmeland, Thomas J. Cummings, Chien-Tsun Kuan, Darell D. Bigner, Christopher M. Counter, and Xiao-Fan Wang. “Bone-related genes expressed in advanced malignancies induce invasion and metastasis in a genetically defined human cancer model.” J Biol Chem 278, no. 18 (May 2, 2003): 15951–57. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M211498200.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. T. Chu, S. C. Pollock, and G. K. Klintworth. “Optic nerve astrocytoma associated with aegiogenesis and neovascular glaucoma.” Clinical and Surgical Ophthalmology 21, no. 3 (January 1, 2003): 104–7.
  - McGirt, Matthew J., Ketan R. Bulsara, Thomas J. Cummings, Kent C. New, Kenneth M. Little, Henry S. Friedman, and Allan H. Friedman. “Prognostic value of magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic biopsy in the evaluation of recurrent malignant astrocytoma compared with a lesion due to radiation effect.” J Neurosurg 98, no. 1 (January 2003): 14–20. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.2003.98.1.0014.
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  - Butnor, K. J., and T. J. Cummings. “Left eye proptosis, ptosis, and blindness.” Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 126, no. 12 (December 1, 2002): 1555–56.
  - Butnor, K. J., and T. J. Cummings. “Pathologic quiz case - Left eye proptosis, ptosis, and blindness.” Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 126, no. 12 (December 1, 2002): 1555–56.
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  - Butnor, Kelly J., and Thomas J. Cummings. “Pathologic quiz case: left eye proptosis, ptosis, and blindness. Hemangiopericytoma of the orbit.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 126, no. 12 (December 2002): 1555–56. https://doi.org/10.5858/2002-126-1555-PQCLEP.
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  - Kline, D. G., J. P. Gruen, T. J. Cummings, M. Heilbrun, and M. P. Heilbrun. “Peroneal nerve tumor [1] (multiple letters).” Journal of Neurosurgery 97, no. 1 (July 8, 2002): 238–40.
  - Guo, Alexander C., Thomas J. Cummings, Rajesh C. Dash, and James M. Provenzale. “Lymphomas and high-grade astrocytomas: comparison of water diffusibility and histologic characteristics.” Radiology 224, no. 1 (July 2002): 177–83. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2241010637.
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  - Kline, David G., J Peter Gruen, and Thomas J. Cummings. “Peroneal nerve tumor.” J Neurosurg 97, no. 1 (July 2002): 238–39. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.2002.97.1.0238.
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  - Cummings, T. J., R. N. Wiltshire, R. E. McLendon, and A. B. Heimberger. “Comparative genomic hybridization of a biphasic malignant meningioma.” Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 61, no. 5 (May 1, 2002): 480–480.
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  - Cummings, Thomas J., Nicholas M. Brown, and Timothy T. Stenzel. “TaqMan junction probes and the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: detection of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, and desmoplastic small round cell tumor.” Ann Clin Lab Sci 32, no. 3 (2002): 219–24.
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  - Heimberger, A. B., R. N. Wiltshire, R. Bronec, R. E. McLendon, and T. J. Cummings. “Biphasic malignant meningioma: a comparative genomic hybridization study.” Clin Neuropathol 21, no. 6 (2002): 258–64.
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  - Morgan, M. A., D. S. Enterline, T. Fukushima, R. E. McLendon, and T. J. Cummings. “Endodermal cyst of the oculomotor nerve.” Neuroradiology 43, no. 12 (December 2001): 1063–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340100638.
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  - Rosenberg, C. K., T. J. Cummings, A. M. Saunders, C. Widico, L. M. McIntyre, and C. M. Hulette. “Dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease.” Acta Neuropathol 102, no. 6 (December 2001): 621–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004010100415.
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  - Cummings, T. J., J. C. Strum, L. W. Yoon, M. H. Szymanski, and C. M. Hulette. “Recovery and expression of messenger RNA from postmortem human brain tissue.” Mod Pathol 14, no. 11 (November 2001): 1157–61. https://doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.3880451.
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  - Garcia-Oria, M., A. Ali, J. D. Reynolds, E. Clary, A. Gandsas, T. Cummings, R. L. McMahon, et al. “Histologic evaluation of fetal brains following maternal pneumoperitoneum.” Surg Endosc 15, no. 11 (November 2001): 1294–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004640080040.
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  - Cummings, T. J., J. L. Burchette, and R. E. McLendon. “CD34 and dural fibroblasts: the relationship to solitary fibrous tumor and meningioma.” Acta Neuropathol 102, no. 4 (October 2001): 349–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004010100389.
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  - Cummings, T. J., R. H. Ebert, J. Provenzale, and R. E. McLendon. “March 2000: A 16 year old female with a cerebellar mass.” Brain Pathol 11, no. 3 (July 2001): 391–93.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. M. Hulette, S. H. Bigner, G. J. Riggins, and R. E. McLendon. “Ham56-immunoreactive macrophages in untreated infiltrating gliomas.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 125, no. 5 (May 2001): 637–41. https://doi.org/10.5858/2001-125-0637-HIMIUI.
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  - New, K. C., K. R. Bulsara, L. G. Dodd, and T. J. Cummings. “Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of medulloblastoma metastatic to the pelvis.” Diagn Cytopathol 24, no. 5 (May 2001): 361–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.1078.
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  - Cummings, T. J., R. C. Bentley, and R. E. McLendon. “Pathologic quiz case: pituitary mass in a 48-year-old woman.” Arch Pathol Lab Med 125, no. 2 (February 2001): 299–300. https://doi.org/10.5858/2001-125-0299-PQCPMI.
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  - Butnor, K. J., T. J. Cummings, J. L. Burchette, T. A. Sporn, S. P. Hammar, and V. L. Roggli. “CD34 positivity in pleural fibroblasts.” Modern Pathology 14, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 217A-217A.
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  - Butnor, K. J., T. J. Cummings, J. L. Burchette, T. A. Sporn, S. P. Hammar, and V. L. Roggli. “CD34 positivity in pleural fibroblasts.” Laboratory Investigation 81, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 217A-217A.
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  - Cummings, T. J., R. C. Bentley, and R. E. McLendon. “Pathologic quiz case - Pituitary mass in a 48-year-old woman - Pathologic diagnosis: Granular cell tumor of the infundibulum.” Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 125, no. 2 (2001): 299–300.
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  - Cummings, T. J., J. Z. Gong, A. H. Friedman, and R. E. McLendon. “Castleman's disease confined to the leptomeninges.” Ann Clin Lab Sci 30, no. 3 (July 2000): 278–82.
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  - Cummings, T. J., K. Liu, L. K. Jordan, and L. G. Dodd. “Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of psammomatous melanotic schwannoma.” Diagn Cytopathol 23, no. 1 (July 2000): 55–58. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0339(200007)23:1<55::aid-dc13>3.0.co;2-b.
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  - Cummings, T. J., R. E. McLendon, and A. Spallone. “Pineal epidermoid cysts [9] (multiple letters).” Journal of Neurosurgery 92, no. 5 (May 17, 2000): 909–10.
  - Cummings, T. J., C. M. Hulette, S. Bigner, A. Lal, G. J. Riggins, J. L. Burchette, and R. E. McLendon. “HAM56 immunoreactivity in infiltrating glial neoplasms.” Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 59, no. 5 (May 1, 2000): 437–437.
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  - Cummings, T. J., and R. E. McLendon. “Pineal epidermoid cysts.” J Neurosurg 92, no. 5 (May 2000): 909–10. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.2000.92.5.0909.
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  - Cummings, T. J., J. M. Provenzale, S. B. Hunter, A. H. Friedman, G. K. Klintworth, S. H. Bigner, and R. E. McLendon. “Gliomas of the optic nerve: histological, immunohistochemical (MIB-1 and p53), and MRI analysis.” Acta Neuropathol 99, no. 5 (May 2000): 563–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004010051161.
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  - Chu, C. T., J. L. Caruso, T. J. Cummings, J. Ervin, C. Rosenberg, and C. M. Hulette. “Ubiquitin immunochemistry as a diagnostic aid for community pathologists evaluating patients who have dementia.” Mod Pathol 13, no. 4 (April 2000): 420–26. https://doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.3880072.
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  - Cummings, T. J., R. R. Johnson, F. G. Diaz, and D. B. Michael. “The relationship of blunt head trauma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and rupture of pre-existing intracranial saccular aneurysms.” Neurol Res 22, no. 2 (March 2000): 165–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616412.2000.11741055.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. R. Shea, J. A. Reed, J. L. Burchette, and V. G. Prieto. “Expression of the intermediate filament peripherin in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma.” J Cutan Pathol 27, no. 3 (March 2000): 141–46. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0560.2000.027003141.x.
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  - Cummings, T. J., J. F. Madden, L. Gray, A. H. Friedman, and R. E. McLendon. “Parasitic lesion of the insula suggesting cerebral sparganosis: case report.” Neuroradiology 42, no. 3 (March 2000): 206–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050047.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. T. Chu, S. C. Pollock, and G. K. Klintworth. “Optic nerve astrocytoma associated with angiogenesis and neovascular glaucoma.” Ophthalmic Practice 18, no. 5 (January 1, 2000): 227–30.
  - Cummings, T. J., R. E. McLendon, A. T. Villavicencio, A. H. Friedman, J. L. Burchette, and R. C. Bentley. “Human chorionic gonadotropin beta subunit protein immunoreactivity in pituitary adenomas: Pathologic features.” Brain Pathology 10, no. 4 (2000): 746–47.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. T. Chu, and R. E. McLendon. “LONG TERM RECURRENT JUVENILE PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMAS OF THE CEREBELLUM.” Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 58, no. 5 (May 1999): 538–538. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005072-199905000-00126.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. T. Chu, and C. M. Hulette. “December 1998--16 year old female with headaches, lethargy and a sellar/suprasellar mass.” Brain Pathol 9, no. 2 (April 1999): 425–26.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. T. Chu, and C. M. Hulette. “Case of the month: December 1998 - 16 year old female with headaches, lethargy and a sellar/suprasellar mass.” Brain Pathology 9, no. 2 (January 1, 1999): 425–26.
  - Cummings, T. J., J. Provenzale, S. Hunter, H. S. Friedman, G. Klintworth, S. H. Bigner, and R. E. McLendon. “Gliomas of the optic nerve in children and adults.” Laboratory Investigation 79, no. 1 (January 1, 1999): 170A-170A.
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  - Cummings, T. J., C. M. Hulette, D. C. Longee, K. S. Bottom, R. E. McLendon, and C. T. Chu. “Gliomatosis cerebri: cytologic and autopsy findings in a case involving the entire neuraxis.” Clin Neuropathol 18, no. 4 (1999): 190–97.
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  - Cummings, T. J., R. C. Bentley, L. Gray, W. E. Check, T. E. Lanier, and R. E. McLendon. “Meningioma of the fourth ventricle.” Clin Neuropathol 18, no. 5 (1999): 265–69.
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  - Cummings, T. J., and P. D. Walker. “Serotonin depletion exacerbates changes in striatal gene expression following quinolinic acid injection.” Brain Res 743, no. 1–2 (December 16, 1996): 240–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-8993(96)01053-0.
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  - Cummings, T. J., D. C. Chugani, and H. T. Chugani. “Positron emission tomography in pediatric epilepsy.” Neurosurg Clin N Am 6, no. 3 (July 1995): 465–72.
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- Book Sections
  - McLendon, R., and T. J. Cummings. “Neuropathology of gliomas.” In The Duke Glioma Handbook: Pathology, Diagnosis, and Management, 146–68, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107588721.008.
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  - Odashiro, A. N., T. J. Cummings, and M. N. Burnier. “Eye and ocular adnexa.” In Sternberg’s Diagnostic Surgical Pathology: Sixth Edition, Vol. 1–2, 2015.
  - Wilson, J. W., L. Vajzovic, F. E. Robles, T. J. Cummings, P. Mruthyunjaya, and W. S. Warren. “Imaging pigment chemistry in melanocytic conjunctival lesions with pump-probe microscopy,” Vol. 8567, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003137.
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  - Klintworth, G. K., and T. J. Cummings. “Normal Eye and Ocular Adnexa.” In Histology for Pathologists: Fourth Edition, 2012.
  - Klintworth, G. K., and T. J. Cummings. “The eye and ocular adnexa.” In Sternberg’s Diagnostic Surgical Pathology: Fifth Edition, 1–2:965–93, 2010.
  - Cummings, T. J. “Intraocular epithelial tumors and cysts.” In Garner and Klintworth’s Pathobiology of Ocular Disease Part B, Third Edition, 1237–52, 2007.
  - Cummings, T. J., and G. K. Klintworth. “Tumors of the optic nerve, peripheral nerves, and autonomic nervous system.” In Garner and Klintworth’s Pathobiology of Ocular Disease Part B, Third Edition, 1355–70, 2007.
  - Klintworth, G. K., and T. J. Cummings. “Ocular involvement in disorders of the nervous system.” In Garner and Klintworth’s Pathobiology of Ocular Disease Part B, Third Edition, 1497–1520, 2007.
  - Cummings, T. J. “Pilocytic astrocytoma and pilomyxoid astrocytoma.” In Russell and Rubinstein’s Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System., 131–46, 2006.
  - Cummings, T. J., and G. K. Klintworth. “Tumors of the retina.” In Russell and Rubinstein’s Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System., 623–49, 2006.
  - Cummings, T. J., and G. K. Klintworth. “Gliomas of the optic nerve and chiasm.” In Russell and Rubinstein’s Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System., 651–61, 2006.
  - Cummings, T. J., and T. M. George. “Totipotential cells of the distal spinal cord.” In Russell and Rubinstein’s Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System., 579–81, 2006.
  - McLendon, R. E., and T. J. Cummings. “Ectopias and hamartomas.” In Russell and Rubinstein’s Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System., 613–21, 2006.
- Other Articles
  - Tariq Bhatti, M., Mays A. El-Dairi, Thomas J. Cummings, and Alan D. Proia. “"Diagnostic Algorithm for Patients With Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis" Useful, but No Substitute for Thorough Histopathology: Response.” J Neuroophthalmol, September 2016. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000000393.
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  - Bhatti, M Tariq, Mays A. El-Dairi, Thomas J. Cummings, and Alan D. Proia. “Diagnostic Algorithm for Suspected Giant Cell Arteritis: Response.” J Neuroophthalmol, June 2016. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000000367.
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  - Yiu, Glenn, Thomas J. Cummings, and Prithvi Mruthyunjaya. “Conjunctival melanoma.” Jama Ophthalmol, December 2014. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.585.
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- Conference Papers
  - Vajzovic, Lejla, Gargi Khare Vora, Sanghamitra Deb, Jesse W. Wilson, Francisco E. Robles, Thomas J. Cummings, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, and Warren Warren. “Optimizing Laser Parameters for Pump-Probe Microscopy of Conjunctival Melanocytic Lesions.” In Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vol. 55. ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, 2014.
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  - Layne, A. C., T. J. Cummings, C. D. Guy, D. M. Cardona, R. C. Bentley, M. J. Shealy, X. Zhang, and S. J. McCall. “TTF-1 Is Expressed in a Subset of Esophageal Adenocarcinomas.” In Modern Pathology, 27:188A-188A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2014.
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  - Layne, A. C., T. J. Cummings, C. D. Guy, D. M. Cardona, R. C. Bentley, M. J. Shealy, X. Zhang, and S. J. McCall. “TTF-1 Is Expressed in a Subset of Esophageal Adenocarcinomas.” In Laboratory Investigation, 94:188A-188A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2014.
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  - Jiang, X., and T. J. Cummings. “Glioblastoma of the Optic Nerve.” In Modern Pathology, 26:420A-421A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2013.
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  - Jiang, X., and T. J. Cummings. “Glioblastoma of the Optic Nerve.” In Laboratory Investigation, 93:420A-421A, 2013.
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  - Layne, A., M. Richard, J. Woodward, A. D. Proia, and T. J. Cummings. “Primary Signet-Ring/Histiocytoid Carcinoma of the Eyelid.” In Laboratory Investigation, 92:439A-440A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2012.
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  - Layne, A., M. Richard, J. Woodward, A. D. Proia, and T. J. Cummings. “Primary Signet-Ring/Histiocytoid Carcinoma of the Eyelid.” In Modern Pathology, 25:439A-440A, 2012.
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  - Varley, R. J., M. M. Stoecker, and T. J. Cummings. “Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia: A Report of 2 Cases.” In Laboratory Investigation, 91:387A-388A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2011.
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  - Varley, R. J., M. M. Stoecker, and T. J. Cummings. “Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia: A Report of 2 Cases.” In Modern Pathology, 24:387A-388A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2011.
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  - Papalas, J. A., C. K. Manavi, O. P. Sangueza, and T. J. Cummings. “Angiosarcoma of the Eyelid: A Clinicopathologic Comparison between Isolated Unilateral Eyelid Tumors and Tumors Demonstrating Extra-Palpebral Involvement.” In Modern Pathology, 23:383A-384A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2010.
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  - Papalas, J. A., C. K. Manavi, O. P. Sangueza, and T. J. Cummings. “Angiosarcoma of the Eyelid: A Clinicopathologic Comparison between Isolated Unilateral Eyelid Tumors and Tumors Demonstrating Extra-Palpebral Involvement.” In Laboratory Investigation, 90:383A-384A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2010.
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  - Shealy, M. J., D. M. Cardona, J. L. Burchette, T. J. Cummings, A. D. Smith, D. N. Howell, and C. D. Guy. “Symptomatic Traumatic Neuroma Causing Common Bile Duct Stricture Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Three and a Half Year Review.” In Laboratory Investigation, 90:371A-371A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2010.
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  - Shealy, M. J., D. M. Cardona, J. L. Burchette, T. J. Cummings, A. D. Smith, D. N. Howell, and C. D. Guy. “Symptomatic Traumatic Neuroma Causing Common Bile Duct Stricture Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Three and a Half Year Review.” In Modern Pathology, 23:371A-371A. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2010.
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  - Gururangan, S., J. A. Bridge, T. J. Cummings, E. C. Halperin, and H. S. Friedman. “Extraosseous Ewings sarcoma (EES) of the central nervous system (CNS) - Case reports and molecular diagnosis.” In Neuro Oncology, 6:457–457. DUKE UNIV PRESS, 2004.
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  - Cummings, T. J., K. R. Bulsara, R. E. McLendon, H. E. Fuchs, and T. M. George. “Pathology of the normal versus the tethered filum terminale.” In Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 60:553–553. AMER ASSN NEUROPATHOLOGISTS INC, 2001.
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  - Cummings, T. J., H. E. Fuchs, and T. M. George. “Pathology of the filum terminale in the tethered spinal cord syndrome.” In Modern Pathology, 14:6P-6P. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2001.
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  - Cummings, T. J., H. E. Fuchs, and T. M. George. “Pathology of the filum terminale in the tethered spinal cord syndrome.” In Laboratory Investigation, 81:6P-6P. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2001.
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