Nasal glioma (neuroglial heterotopia) mimicking an astrocytoma: case report.
Nasal glioma is a rare benign tumor that usually occurs during infancy. We report a case of nasal glioma in a 6-month-old boy in which the histomorphologic features resembled those of an anaplastic astrocytoma.
Amin
Ali
A
Department of Pathology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, I.R. Iran. almin33@yahoo.com
Monabati
Ahmad
A
Kumar
Perikala V
PV
Hashemi
Seyed Baseer
SB
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology