[Congenital pilocytic astrocytoma of the brain].
Case report about a 9 months old female infant, that died of an exorbitant large astrocytoma of the base of both hemispheres. The tumor was apparent 10 weeks after birth and considered to be connatal. It has been classified as a pilocytic form, which is very rare in this age. The origin has been discussed as dysontogenic.
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant
Angeborenes pilozytisches Astrozytom des Grosshirns.