Rapid Diffuse Leptomeningeal Dissemination of an Anaplastic Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma in an Adult Patient

Although pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas generally carry a fair prognosis, anaplastic transformation has been identified in a subset of cases.We present the case of a patient with primary anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (APXA) that demonstrated rapid recurrence and diffuse leptomeningeal spr...

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Autores principales: Bounajem, Michael, Cole, Kyril L, Menacho, Sarah T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8636185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34873526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19186

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8636185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34873526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19186

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