1. Malignant potential of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
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Tamara M. Vu, Katharine J. Drummond, Simon V. Liubinas, and Michael Gonzales
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Adult ,Male ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Astrocytoma ,Temporal lobe surgery ,Ganglioglioma ,Malignant transformation ,Young Adult ,Physiology (medical) ,Biomarkers, Tumor ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Neoplasm Staging ,Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma ,Brain Neoplasms ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Temporal Lobe ,Clinical neurology ,Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ,Neurology ,Female ,Surgery ,Neoplasm staging ,Neurology (clinical) ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,Glioblastoma ,business - Abstract
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) is a low-grade astrocytic tumour that occasionally progresses to a higher grade. We have extensively reviewed the literature on the potential for malignant transformation of PXA. An illustrative case of a PXA transforming to glioblastoma multiforme is presented.
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- 2012
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