Diffuse astrocytoma NOS ("protoplasmic")
Diagnosis certain
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This case illustrates very typical appearances of protoplasmic astrocytomas, a somewhat less common variant of diffuse low grade gliomas.
Until recently, protoplasmic astrocytomas were classified as a subtype low-grade astrocytoma, however, in the latest (2016) update to WHO classification of CNS tumours, protoplasmic astrocytomas no longer exists as a distinct entity.
-<p>This case illustrates very typical appearances of protoplasmic astrocytomas, a somewhat less common variant of diffuse low grade gliomas. </p>- +<p>This case illustrates very typical appearances of protoplasmic astrocytomas, a somewhat less common variant of diffuse low grade gliomas. </p><p>Until recently, <a href="/articles/protoplasmic-astrocytoma">protoplasmic astrocytomas</a> were classified as a subtype low-grade astrocytoma, however, in the latest (2016) update to <a href="/articles/who-classification-of-cns-tumours-1">WHO classification of CNS tumours</a>, protoplasmic astrocytomas no longer exists as a distinct entity. </p>
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- 1. Louis DN, Perry A, Reifenberger G et-al. The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary. Acta Neuropathol. 2016;131 (6): 803-20. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00401-016-1545-1">doi:10.1007/s00401-016-1545-1</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27157931">Pubmed citation</a><span class="auto"></span>
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