Solid non-enhancing cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma case report.
Cerebellar tumors
MRI
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Journal
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
ISSN: 1532-2653
Titre abrégé: J Clin Neurosci
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 9433352
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Feb 2019
Historique:
received:
21
08
2018
accepted:
06
10
2018
pubmed:
28
10
2018
medline:
28
2
2019
entrez:
28
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) are slow-growing low-grade gliomas, commonly diagnosed as cerebellar tumors among the pediatric and adolescent population. Characteristic neuroradiologic findings in PA include a cystic mass with enhancing solid nodule. While uncommon radiologic features of PA, including non-enhancing cystic tumors, have been previously described, we present a unique case of a patient with a non-enhancing solid cerebellar PA. The main clinical, radiologic, and pathologic findings are discussed and the relevant literature reviewed. To our knowledge, this is the first reported patient with these radiologic features of PA, highlighting the need for awareness of uncommon presentations when discussing differential diagnosis and pre-operative planning for cerebellar tumors in the relevant age group.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30366781
pii: S0967-5868(18)31386-9
doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.10.062
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
155-157Informations de copyright
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