title: Long-term survival of an infant with 'anaplastic' astrocytoma.
abstract: Anaplastic astrocytomas are intermediate in differentiation between astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme. Survival with anaplastic astrocytoma is favorably affected by extensive anaplasia, maximal resection and presentation in early life. We report a 2-month-old infant who had a tumor of astrocytic lineage with anaplastic features of necrosis, nuclear atypia and mitotic activity. Following subtotal resection the child is alive but has a radiologically visible tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Blaser
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Humphreys
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017741:Survivors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed