|
KMID : 1001920160590050533
|
|
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2016 Volume.59 No. 5 p.533 ~ p.536
|
|
|
Massive Calcified Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma with Rapid Recurrence : A Rare Case
|
|
Aydemir Fatih
Kardes Ozgur
Kayaselcuk Fazilet
Tufan Kadir
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Calcification , Pilocytic astrocytoma , Polar spongioblastoma
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
   
|