Malignant progression in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Personal experience and review of the literature

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-153

  Marton, Elisabetta ^a   Feletti, Alberto ^a   Orvieto, Enrico ^b   Longatti, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Regional Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low grade glioma; Malignant transformation; Xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845966351     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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