A non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma.
METHODS
We describe a very rare non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma (DIA). A 9-year-old boy presented with motor weakness and sensory disturbance in his right upper and lower limbs. CT and MRI showed a contrast-enhanced large cystic tumor in the left sensorimotor area. We successfully resected the entire tumor. Its histopathological features were typical of DIA.


RESULTS
The patient's neurological symptoms improved postoperatively. Neither radiotherapy nor chemotherapy was used postoperatively. The patient developed normally and had been doing well for 12 months after surgery without tumor recurrence.
Department of Neurosurgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, 500-8705 Gifu, Japan. masayasu@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
Masayasu
M
Kato
Hirohito
H
Yano
Ayumi
A
Okumura
Jun
J
Shinoda
Noboru
N
Sakai
Kuniyasu
K
Shimokawa
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000379:methods; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein