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Diffuse Spinal Leptomeningeal Spread of a Pilocytic Astrocytoma in a 3-year-old Child

Pilocytic astrocytomas correspond to low-grade gliomas and therefore metastasize exceedingly rare. However, pilocytic astrocytomas are able to and leptomeningeal dissemination may be seen. What are the treatment options of these cases? We present a case report of a 3-year-old child with a pilocytic...

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Autores principales: Alyeldien, Ameer, Teuber-Hanselmann, Sarah, Cheko, Azad, Höll, Tanja, Scholz, Martin, Petridis, Athanasios K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4844811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27162602
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2016.813