Primary spinal leptomeningeal astrocytoma.
This autopsy case report describes a clinically aggressive, histologically well-differentiated, diffuse, primary leptomeningeal astrocytoma. This rare tumour produced a meningitic clinical picture associated with hydrocephalus, focal spinal cord necrosis, and signs of spinal and cranial nerve root irritation. Despite the microscopic features, death occurred approximately 7 weeks after the first meningeal symptoms.
Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D001099:Arachnoid; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009192:Myelography; D010841:Pia Mater; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*