Pilomyxoid astrocytoma of the spinal cord in an adult
| Autor: | R.-C. Janzer, A. Sajadi, John Michael Duff, T.-L. C. Lu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Pilomyxoid astrocytoma
medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Astrocytoma Quadriplegia Cervical Vertebrae Fatal Outcome Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Middle Aged Respiratory Insufficiency Spinal Cord Neoplasms medicine Neuroradiology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Clinical course Interventional radiology Spinal cord Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology (clinical) Brainstem Neurosurgery business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Neurochirurgica, vol. 150, no. 7, pp. 729-731 |
| ISSN: | 0942-0940 |
| Popis: | Summary: We report a 45-year old woman with a pilomyxoid astrocytoma (PMA) of the cervical spinal cord with a rapid clinical course and fatal outcome. Moreover, two family members of the patient were reported to have brainstem tumours with similar histopathological features. This may be the first report of familial PMAs |
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