Publications

Authors:

Bernasconi, Riccardo; Eccher, Albino; Girolami, Ilaria; Boldrini, Marcello; Masotto, Barbara; Barresi, Valeria

Title:

Extra-axial anaplastic astroblastoma in a 67-year-old woman

Year:

2019

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Referee:

No

Name of journal:

NEUROPATHOLOGY

ISSN of journal:

0919-6544

N° Volume:

39

Number or Folder:

4

Page numbers:

307-312

Keyword:

BRAF; anaplastic; astroblastoma; extra-axial; meningioma

Short description of contents:

Astroblastoma is a rare glial neoplasia of the central nervous system. It is histologically defined by the presence of neoplastic cells with non- or slightly tapering processes arranged around blood vessels (astroblastic rosettes) and conventionally subdivided into well-differentiated and anaplastic. It commonly affects children and young adults, although cases and due to its superficial location in the brain cortex, it can mimic an extra-axial mass on magnetic resonance imagining. Herein, we describe a unique case of pure extra-axial anaplastic astroblastoma in an elderly woman. Awareness that astroblastoma may be also extra-axial and affect older subjects, may be helpful for its identification and differential diagnosis toward more common entities at this site and age of onset, and for appropriate therapeutic management as well.

Product ID:

109004

Handle IRIS:

11562/996450

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Bernasconi, Riccardo; Eccher, Albino; Girolami, Ilaria; Boldrini, Marcello; Masotto, Barbara; Barresi, Valeria, Extra-axial anaplastic astroblastoma in a 67-year-old woman «NEUROPATHOLOGY» , vol. 39 , n. 4 , 2019 , pp. 307-312

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