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Pilocytic astrocytoma in adults: Histopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular study with clinical association.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Dec 2023
Salles Débora, Santino Samara F, Diana Paula, Malinverni Andréa C M, Stávale João N
Abstract excerpt
Pilocytic astrocytoma is the most common primary CNS neoplasm in children and adolescents, rare after the first two decades of life. While some authors report a favorable prognosis in the adult age group with the tumor, others have associated it with higher mortality. The molecular alteration most observed in cases of pilocytic astrocytoma in the pediatric group is the BRAF-KIAA1549 gene fusion, and there are...
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