Multicentric pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas: case report

Neurosurgery. 1996 Jun;38(6):1242-4; discussion 1244-5. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199606000-00039.

Abstract

We report the case of a 22-year-old woman who developed multicentric pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas (PXAs) in the cerebral hemisphere. She underwent a first operation for a PXA in the right parietal lobe at the age of 7 years and a second operation at the age of 15 years in the right frontal lobe, remote from the previous tumor site. At age 22 years, she was found to have a tumor, which was a newly formed PXA, in the left occipital lobe. There was no recurrent tumor in the right frontal lobe. Clinical and pathological aspects of multicentric PXAs are reviewed and discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Astrocytoma / diagnosis
  • Astrocytoma / pathology
  • Astrocytoma / surgery*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / surgery
  • Child
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Reoperation