title: Pediatric astroblastoma: a rare case with a review of the literature.
abstract: Astroblastoma is a rare glial tumor with uncertain histopathological origin and unpredictable clinical behavior. We present a case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with headache and blurring of vision for 2 months. A well-demarcated mass was found in the right frontoparietal lobe on a brain MRI. The patient was treated with total tumor resection followed by postoperative radiotherapy. Histologically, the features were suggestive of high-grade astroblastoma. The patient is alive and disease free 23 months after surgery. The characteristic radiological and histopathological features and treatment of this case are described with a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India. dr_divya_khosla@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khosla
authors.forename: Budhi S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Pallivi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Nandita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kakkar
authors.forename: Firuza D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Suresh C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011878:Radiotherapy