Open AccessIMMATURE CEREBELLAR ASTROCYTOMA IN AN INFANT
Author(s) -
Sageshima Masato,
Masuda Hirotake,
Kawamura Kochi,
Shozawa Takeshi
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1987.tb02272.x
Subject(s) - astrocytoma , pathology , medicine , neuroscience , psychology , glioma , cancer research
A case of immature cerebellar astrocytoma in a 1 year and 4 months‐old girl was described. The tumor consisted mainly of closely packed relatively uniform round cells with prominent intervening capillaries. Although tumor cells showed negative GFA (glial fibrillary acidic protein) immunoreactivlty, demonstration of occasional bundles of 10 nm intermediate filaments (glial filaments) in cytoplasm on electron microscopy confirmed the diagnosis of astrocytoma. Differential diagnosis to hemangioblastoma, astroblastoma, and primitive neuroectodermal tumor was discussed.