Autobiographical Case Report of Experiences With Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is a rare brain tumor of WHO grade II designation. This case report describes the author's experience with the discovery of the tumor, living with the tumor, and eventual treatment and aftermath of how it affected her life and her understanding of the medical syste...

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Autores principales: Liu, Cherry, Winston, Nutan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8675575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34956774
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19668
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spelling pubmed-86755752021-12-23 Autobiographical Case Report of Experiences With Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma Liu, Cherry Winston, Nutan Cureus Neurology Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is a rare brain tumor of WHO grade II designation. This case report describes the author's experience with the discovery of the tumor, living with the tumor, and eventual treatment and aftermath of how it affected her life and her understanding of the medical system. Cureus 2021-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8675575/ /pubmed/34956774 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19668 Text en Copyright © 2021, Liu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Autobiographical Case Report of Experiences With Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
title_sort autobiographical case report of experiences with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8675575/
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