title: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with CT and MRI appearance of meningioma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierallini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonamini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siciliano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bozzao
mesh_terms: 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