Open AccessCerebral astroblastoma radiologically mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma: A case report
Author(s) -
Joshi Padam Raj,
Pandey Sagar Babu,
Manandhar Usha,
GC Saroj,
Sedain Gopal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5781
Subject(s) - medicine , pilocytic astrocytoma , astrocytoma , radiology , glioma , pathology , cancer research
Astroblastoma is a rare central nervous system tumor. We reported a case of a 24‐year‐old Nepalese woman with radiological features mimicking pilocytic astrocytoma which came out to be low‐grade astroblastoma in histopathological and immunohistochemistry examination after total excision of the tumor.