LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF AN INFANT WITH ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA

Authors
CONNOLLY B BLASER SI HUMPHREYS RP BECKER L
Citation
B. Connolly et al., LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF AN INFANT WITH ANAPLASTIC ASTROCYTOMA, Pediatric neurosurgery, 26(2), 1997, pp. 97-102
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
Pediatric neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10162291
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
97 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
1016-2291(1997)26:2<97:LSOAIW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Anaplastic astrocytomas are intermediate in differentiation between as trocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme, Survival with anaplastic astroc ytoma is favorably affected by extensive anaplasia, maximal resection and presentation in early life, We report a 2-month-old infant who had a tumor of astrocytic lineage with anaplastic features of necrosis, n uclear atypia and mitotic activity, Following subtotal resection the c hild is alive but has a radiologically visible tumor.