Pilocytic astrocytoma presenting as primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis: Report of a unique case and review of the literature

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-311

  Bohner, Georg ^a   Masuhr, Florian ^a   Distl, Roland ^a   Katchanov, Juri ^a   Klingebiel, Randolf ^a   Zschenderlein, Rolf ^a   von Deimling, Andreas ^a   van Landeghem, Frank K ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pilocytic astrocytoma; Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis; TP53

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN P53; VINCRISTINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BONE BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; DURA MATER; EXON; GLIOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 26444528456     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-005-1051-3     Document Type: Article

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