Pilocytic Astrocytoma Presenting as an Orbital Encephalocele: A Case Report
Case Reports in Neurology, 2015 We describe the case of a 29-year-old male who presented with new-onset seizures. He was subsequently found to have an orbital encephalocele containing a focus of pilocytic astrocytoma.
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Serial stereotactic biopsy of brainstem lesions in adults improves diagnostic accuracy compared with MRI only. [PDF]
, 2009 Objective: The aim of the current prospective study was to analyse the validity of MRI based diagnosis of brainstem gliomas which was verified by stereotactic biopsy and follow-up evaluation as well as to assess prognostic factors and risk profile ...
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A High Grade Astrocytoma with Pilocytic Morphology in a 5-Month-Old American Bulldog
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 A 23-week-old female intact American Bulldog was presented for a two-week history of progressive circling to the right, twitching, and altered mentation.
Kelly Muller +3 more
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Prospective multicentre evaluation and refinement of an analysis tool for magnetic resonance spectroscopy of childhood cerebellar tumours [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundA tool for diagnosing childhood cerebellar tumours using magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy peak height measurement has been developed based on retrospective analysis of single-centre data.ObjectiveTo determine the diagnostic accuracy of the ...
Arvanitis, Theodoros N. +15 more
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Identification of transcriptional regulatory networks specific to pilocytic astrocytoma. [PDF]
, 2011 BackgroundPilocytic Astrocytomas (PAs) are common low-grade central nervous system malignancies for which few recurrent and specific genetic alterations have been identified.
Deshmukh, Hrishikesh +8 more
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Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021 Pilocytic astrocytoma is a low-grade tumor that can affect the pineal region and has a potential life-threatening presentation with obstructive hydrocephalus.
Leopoldo Mandic Furtado +3 more
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Copy number profiling of Brazilian astrocytomas [PDF]
, 2016 Copy number alterations (CNA) are one of the driving mechanisms of glioma tumorigenesis, and are currently used as important biomarkers in the routine setting.
Adriana Cruvinel-Carloni +12 more
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Intermediate pilomyxoid astrocytoma and diencephalic syndrome: imaging findings [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo), 2012 Pilomyxoid astrocytoma, an entity described as a histological variant of pilocytic astrocytoma, is a rare primary tumor of the central nervous system.
Olavo Kyosen Nakamura +3 more
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Evidence for new targets and synergistic effect of metronomic celecoxib/fluvastatin combination in pilocytic astrocytoma. [PDF]
, 2013 RIGHTS : This article is licensed under the BioMed Central licence at http://www.biomedcentral.com/about/license which is similar to the 'Creative Commons Attribution Licence'.
André, Nicolas +11 more
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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2021 Objective Based on the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemidogy, and End Results) database, this study retrospectively summarized clinical characteristics, and explored prognostic factors of patients with different histological types of pediatric gliomas. Methods
SHI Yi⁃xin, MA Wen⁃bin, WANG Yu
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