title: A case of pilomyxoid astrocytoma presenting with CSF rhinorrhoea in a 15-year-old.
abstract: We report a pilomyxoid astrocytoma (PMA) presenting with CSF rhinorrhoea in a 15-year-old. This uncommon, recently described entity typically presents in infancy with focal neurological or endocrine symptoms, has distinctive histologic features and displays a more aggressive behaviour than pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) with which it was previously classified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK. p.french.155@btinternet.com
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Jampana
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male