A case report: A non-infantile desmoplastic astrocytoma


Ulu M. O., Tanriover N., BICEROBLU H., Oz B., CANBAZ B.

TURKISH NEUROSURGERY, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.42-46, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH NEUROSURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.42-46
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

INTRODUCTION and CASE DESCRIPTION: Desmoplastic infantile astrocytomas (DIA) are rare intracranial tumors of infancy with distinctive clinical and radiological features. Despite their radiologically aggressive appearance they tend to follow a benign course with favorable prognosis even after subtotal resections. Non-infantile cases are rarely encountered with only four cases reported before. The authors present a non-infantile DIA in a 4 years old female patient and discuss the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment of this rare entity.