Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma accounts for less than 1% of all astrocytic neoplasms and is typicallyencountered in children and young adults, in a superficial location in the cerebral hemisphers withinvolvement of the meninges. The authors reported a 9 year- old child who had long term seizures andshowed a cystic mass with a mural nodule in the right temporal lobe on MRI scans. Microscopicallythe tumor consisted of highly pleomorphic bizarre astrocytic cells and ganglion cells with abundantamphophilic cytoplasm. Finally this case was reported as an instance of a plemorphicxanthoastrocytoma
Field : Sağlık Bilimleri
Journal Type : Uluslararası
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