Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case

Pilocytic astrocytomas (PAs) are World Heath Organization Grade I tumors and are most common in children. PA calcification is not a common finding and has been reported more frequently in the optic nerve, hypothalamic/thalamus and superficially located cerebral tumors. We present a cerebellar PA in...

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Autores principales: Aydemir, Fatih, Kardes, Ozgur, Kayaselçuk, Fazilet, Tufan, Kadir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651876
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2016.59.5.533
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author Aydemir, Fatih
Kardes, Ozgur
Kayaselçuk, Fazilet
Tufan, Kadir
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description Pilocytic astrocytomas (PAs) are World Heath Organization Grade I tumors and are most common in children. PA calcification is not a common finding and has been reported more frequently in the optic nerve, hypothalamic/thalamus and superficially located cerebral tumors. We present a cerebellar PA in a 3-year-old male patient with cystic components and massive calcification areas. The residual tumor grew rapidly after the first operation, and the patient was operated on again. A histopathological examination revealed polar spongioblastoma-like cells. Massive calcification is not a common feature in PAs and can lead to difficulties in radiological and pathological differential diagnoses.
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spelling pubmed-50286182016-09-20 Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case Aydemir, Fatih Kardes, Ozgur Kayaselçuk, Fazilet Tufan, Kadir J Korean Neurosurg Soc Case Report Pilocytic astrocytomas (PAs) are World Heath Organization Grade I tumors and are most common in children. PA calcification is not a common finding and has been reported more frequently in the optic nerve, hypothalamic/thalamus and superficially located cerebral tumors. We present a cerebellar PA in a 3-year-old male patient with cystic components and massive calcification areas. The residual tumor grew rapidly after the first operation, and the patient was operated on again. A histopathological examination revealed polar spongioblastoma-like cells. Massive calcification is not a common feature in PAs and can lead to difficulties in radiological and pathological differential diagnoses. The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2016-09 2016-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5028618/ /pubmed/27651876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2016.59.5.533 Text en Copyright © 2016 The Korean Neurosurgical Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case
title Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case
title_full Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case
title_fullStr Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case
title_full_unstemmed Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case
title_short Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case
title_sort massive calcified cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma with rapid recurrence : a rare case
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651876
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2016.59.5.533
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