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Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma with atypical phenotype, PTEN homozygous deletion and BRAF V600E mutation.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 20 Jun 2022
Megías Javier, San-Miguel Teresa, Sánchez Mirian, Navarro Lara, Monleón Daniel, Calabuig-Fariñas Silvia, Morales José Manuel, Muñoz-Hidalgo Lisandra, Roldán Pedro, Cerdá-Nicolás Miguel, López-Ginés Concha
Abstract excerpt
Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma (DIA) is rare, cystic and solid tumor of infants usually found in superficial cerebral hemispheres. Although DIA is usually benign, uncommon cases bearing malignant histological and aggressive clinical features have been described in the literature. We report a newborn patient who was diagnosed with a DIA and died postresection. Pathologic examination revealed that the main part...
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