1. Spontaneous Involution of Pilocytic Astrocytoma in a Patient without Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Case Report
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Glenn S. Forbes, Alessia Catalucci, Bernd W. Scheithauer, and Massimo Gallucci
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Adult ,Male ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Neurofibromatosis 1 ,Remission, Spontaneous ,Astrocytoma ,Neoplasms, Multiple Primary ,Central nervous system disease ,Thalamus ,Mesencephalon ,Glioma ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Involution (medicine) ,Neurofibromatosis ,neoplasms ,Neurologic Examination ,Pilocytic astrocytoma ,Brain Neoplasms ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,nervous system diseases ,Serial magnetic resonance imaging ,nervous system ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Serial magnetic resonance imaging findings are described in a patient with a sporadically occurring pilocytic astrocytoma that underwent spontaneous regression over 6 years. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report in which spontaneous involution of a pilocytic astrocytoma not associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 has been described. A literature review regarding sporadic and syndrome-associated pilocytic astrocytoma was undertaken, with particular reference to treatment and natural history.
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- 2000
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