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PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA IN A 62‐YEAR‐OLD MALE
Author(s) -
MACKENZIE J. M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
neuropathology and applied neurobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.538
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1365-2990
pISSN - 0305-1846
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1987.tb00076.x
Subject(s) - pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma , pathology , oligodendroglioma , medicine , astrocytoma , glioma , cancer research
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma has been described as a distinct clinicopathological entity with a relatively favourable prognosis. However, tumours closely resembling this entity have been shown to have the potential for aggressive behaviour, and to represent, on closer scrutiny, a number of disparate neoplasms. A case is described which, although otherwise typical of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, occurred in a man of 62 years, and it is suggested that it should be considered a specific histological, rather than a clinicopathological entity.