title: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with malignant transformation and multiple recurrences in an Iranian girl.
abstract: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) is a rare astrocytic tumour of the brain. Some PXAs are accompanied by anaplastic features and are difficult to manage because of frequent recurrences that lead to early death. Well-documented cases of malignant transformation in PXA and of anaplastic PXA are rare in the literature. The authors report a case of PXA with malignant transformation in the right temporo occipital lobe in a 13-year-old Iranian girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoghi Hospital, Yazd, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran. binesh44@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Binesh
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akhavan
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Navabii
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local