title: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma of the cerebellopontine angle in a child.
abstract: METHODS
  The case of a 6-year-old girl with a pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) in the left cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is reported. The clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings are presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, the presence of PXA in the CPA has not previously been reported. The rare infratentorial locations of PXA (frequently seen in association with ganglioglioma) are reviewed, as well as the other infrequent locations of this tumor. This report adds to the list of differential diagnoses of CPA tumors in children.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 rue de Sevres, 75743, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Senta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurschel
authors.forename: Arielle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lellouch-Tubiana
authors.forename: Abhaya V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sainte-Rose
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods