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KMID : 1001920080430040205
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2008 Volume.43 No. 4 p.205 ~ p.208
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A Cerebral Astroblastoma Mimicking an Extra-axial Neoplasm
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Eom Ki-Seong
Kim Jong-Moon
Kim Tae-Young
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Abstract
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Astroblastoma is a rarely diagnosed primary brain neoplasm whose histogenesis has been clarified recently. It occurs in children and young adults and presents as a well circumscribed, contrast-enhancing lesion in the cerebral hemisphere. We present a case of 20-year-old woman with an astroblastoma in the left temporal convexity that was treated with total tumor resection alone. We thought the mass was extra-axial neoplasm based on radiological findings of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging initially, but later, we obtained angiographic findings suggesting an intra-axial neoplasm. The patient is doing well even two years after surgery. The characteristic radiological and histopathological features of this case are described with a literature review. An astroblastoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of a superficially located tumor presenting with the findings of an extra-axial mass, especially in a young patient.
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KEYWORD
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Astroblastoma, Intra-axial neoplasm
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