title: Multicentric pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas: case report.
abstract: We report the case of a 22-year-old woman who developed multicentric pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas (PXAs) in the cerebral hemisphere. She underwent a first operation for a PXA in the right parietal lobe at the age of 7 years and a second operation at the age of 15 years in the right frontal lobe, remote from the previous tumor site. At age 22 years, she was found to have a tumor, which was a newly formed PXA, in the left occipital lobe. There was no recurrent tumor in the right frontal lobe. Clinical and pathological aspects of multicentric PXAs are reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morioka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation