Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with CT and MRI appearance of meningioma.
We describe a pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) in a young girls whose frontal lobe location, solid structure, dural tail and MRI signal characteristics led to a preoperative diagnosis of meningioma. PXA should be considered in differential diagnosis of tumours affecting young patients with neuroradiological characteristics suggestive of meningioma.
Pierallini
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Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Bonamini
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Di Stefano
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Siciliano
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Bozzao
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D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed