Pilocytic cerebellar astrocytoma in adults: case report.

Favre J; Deruaz JP; de Tribolet N

doi:10.1016/0090-3019(93)90200-k

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Pilocytic cerebellar astrocytoma in adults: case report.

Favre J Neurosurgical Service, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Deruaz JP
de Tribolet N

1993-05-01

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Surgical neurology. - 1993

English A case of cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma is reported. This tumor occurs typically in the first two decades of life and is seldom reported in adults. The 42-year-old patient presented with occipital headaches, nausea, and unsteady gait. Nystagmus and right dysmetria were noted. A CT scan showed a hypodense, nonenhancing, voluminous, right hemispheric cerebellar cyst. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a nodule in the wall of the cyst which became hyperintense with gadolinium. The mass was resected through a small occipital craniotomy. Neuropathological examination revealed a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma.

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