Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma of the spinal cord. Case report.
The authors present clinical, radiological, and pathological features in a patient with a pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) of the spinal cord. To their knowledge, this is only the second report of a spinal cord PXA. In addition they provide a review of the literature on these tumors.
Nakamura
Masaya
M
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. masa@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
Chiba
Kazuhiro
K
Matsumoto
Morio
M
Ikeda
Eij
E
Toyama
Yoshiaki
Y
D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery