Differentiated astrocytoma with osteoblastic skeletal metastases in a child.
A 13-year-old boy developed widespread osteoblastic bone metastases, with dissemination throughout the neuraxis, 1 year following treatment of a differentiated (Kernohan and Sayre grade II) astrocytoma of the left parietal cortex. This unusual clinical picture and the possible route of tumour dissemination are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed