Difference between revisions of "Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma"

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*No mitoses.
*No mitoses.
*No [[necrosis]].
*No [[necrosis]].
DDx:
*[[Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma]].
*[[Ganglioglioma]].
*[[Glioblastoma]].


===Images===
===Images===
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* BRAF V600E mutation in 2/3 of the cases<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schindler | first1 = G. | last2 = Capper | first2 = D. | last3 = Meyer | first3 = J. | last4 = Janzarik | first4 = W. | last5 = Omran | first5 = H. | last6 = Herold-Mende | first6 = C. | last7 = Schmieder | first7 = K. | last8 = Wesseling | first8 = P. | last9 = Mawrin | first9 = C. | title = Analysis of BRAF V600E mutation in 1,320 nervous system tumors reveals high mutation frequencies in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, ganglioglioma and extra-cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma. | journal = Acta Neuropathol | volume = 121 | issue = 3 | pages = 397-405 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/s00401-011-0802-6 | PMID = 21274720 }}</ref>
* BRAF V600E mutation in 2/3 of the cases<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schindler | first1 = G. | last2 = Capper | first2 = D. | last3 = Meyer | first3 = J. | last4 = Janzarik | first4 = W. | last5 = Omran | first5 = H. | last6 = Herold-Mende | first6 = C. | last7 = Schmieder | first7 = K. | last8 = Wesseling | first8 = P. | last9 = Mawrin | first9 = C. | title = Analysis of BRAF V600E mutation in 1,320 nervous system tumors reveals high mutation frequencies in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, ganglioglioma and extra-cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma. | journal = Acta Neuropathol | volume = 121 | issue = 3 | pages = 397-405 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/s00401-011-0802-6 | PMID = 21274720 }}</ref>
**(mostly in temporal, reticulin-fiber rich tumors)<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Koelsche | first1 = C. | last2 = Sahm | first2 = F. | last3 = Wöhrer | first3 = A. | last4 = Jeibmann | first4 = A. | last5 = Schittenhelm | first5 = J. | last6 = Kohlhof | first6 = P. | last7 = Preusser | first7 = M. | last8 = Romeike | first8 = B. | last9 = Dohmen-Scheufler | first9 = H. | title = BRAF-mutated pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is associated with temporal location, reticulin fiber deposition and CD34 expression. | journal = Brain Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 221-9 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1111/bpa.12111 | PMID = 24345274 }}</ref>
**(mostly in temporal, reticulin-fiber rich tumors)<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Koelsche | first1 = C. | last2 = Sahm | first2 = F. | last3 = Wöhrer | first3 = A. | last4 = Jeibmann | first4 = A. | last5 = Schittenhelm | first5 = J. | last6 = Kohlhof | first6 = P. | last7 = Preusser | first7 = M. | last8 = Romeike | first8 = B. | last9 = Dohmen-Scheufler | first9 = H. | title = BRAF-mutated pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is associated with temporal location, reticulin fiber deposition and CD34 expression. | journal = Brain Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 221-9 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1111/bpa.12111 | PMID = 24345274 }}</ref>
DDx:
*[[Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma]]
*[[Ganglioglioma]]
*[[Glioblastoma]]


==See also==
==See also==