Open AccessMulticentric Astrocytomas of the Optic Chiasm, Brain Stem and Spinal Cord
Author(s) -
Matsumoto Toshiharu,
Uekusa Toshimasa,
Abe Hiroshi,
Fukuda Yoshiro,
Mizutani Yoshihiko,
Oikawa Shironobu,
Doi Kazusuke,
Imai Hisamasa,
Sato Takeshi
Publication year - 1989
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.1440-1827.1989.tb02414.x
Subject(s) - pilocytic astrocytoma , autopsy , optic chiasm , spinal cord , astrocytoma , pathology , medicine , metastasis , glioma , anatomy , optic nerve , cancer , cancer research , psychiatry
Autopsy was performed on a 52 year old man with a 20‐year history of neurological symptoms. At autopsy, both a brain stem tumor and a spinal cord tumor were found. These showed the features of pilocytic astrocytoma histologically. A pilocytic astrocytoma was also found in the optic chiasm upon microscopical examination. These three tumors were thought to be multicentric astrocytomas, because there was no continuity among them and no evidence of dissemination or metastasis by any pathway. From a review of the literature, the present case is considered to be an exceedingly rare one because of the multicentric sites of occurrence. Acta Pathol Jpn 39: 664 669, 1989.