Cerebellar pilomyxoid astrocytoma

oleh: Somnath Sharma, Bal Krishan Ojha, Anil Chandra, Sunil Kumar Singh, Chhitij Srivastava, Preeti Agarwal, Kalpana Sharma

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: London Academic Publishing 2015-12-01

Deskripsi

Pilomyxoid astrocytomas (P.M.A) are new class of Pilocytic Astrocytoma (P.A.) which typically have their origin in hypothalamus and chiasmatic region. There are very few case reports of PMAs arising from cerebellum. Their imaging features are similar to PA but they behave more aggressively than PA. The authors report a case of 10 year old male child who presented with right cerebellar tumour diagnosed as PMA on histopathology.