Extraneural metastasis of a brainstem astrocytoma in a child: clinicopathological report.

Authors :: Rosemberg S
Lopes MB
Elks L
Teixeira MJ
Serrano VA
Source :: Clinical neuropathology [Clin Neuropathol] 1988 May-Jun; Vol. 7 (3), pp. 131-3.
Publication Year :: 1988
Abstract: Extraneural metastases of brainstem gliomas are exceedingly rare. Only four such cases are reported in the literature. We report on a case of a 3-year-old girl with an anaplastic astrocytoma of the brainstem which metastasized to the cervical lymph nodes.

Subjects :: Astrocytoma pathology
Biopsy
Child, Preschool
Female
Head and Neck Neoplasms pathology
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Astrocytoma secondary
Brain Neoplasms pathology
Brain Stem pathology
Head and Neck Neoplasms secondary
Lymph Nodes pathology

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