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Pilocytic astrocytoma with diffuse angiocentric arrangement and calcification: a case report

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) is the most common glial tumors of childhood. It can also be seen in young adults. It is typically localized in the cerebellum and is a WHO grade 1 tumor. It is rarely seen in the cerebral hemisphere and spinal cord. Calcification is unusual feature for PA. Angiocentric arrangement or pseudorosette structures are also unusual morphologic patterns observed in PA, and few cases have been reported in the literature. Prognosis is usually good. The prognosis tends to be slightly worse in supratentorial PAs. In here the differential diagnosis between PAs with diffuse angiocentric arrangement and calcification and tumors with angiocentric arrangement or perivascular pseudorosette such as ‘‘pilomyxoid astrocytoma, angiocentric glioma, papillary glioneuronal tumor, astroblastoma” is discussed.

Source: Çukurova medical journal (Online)/Çukurova medical journal

DOI: 10.17826/cumj.1431427

Authors: Ismail Saygin, Emel Çakır, Sevdegül Aydın Mungan, Uğur Yazar

Institutions: Karadeniz Technical University, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi

Language: English

Topic: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4405832730

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