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*Associated with seizures. | *Associated with seizures. | ||
*Moderately aggressive (WHO Grade II).<ref name=pmid11465399>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fouladi | first1 = M. | last2 = Jenkins | first2 = J. | last3 = Burger | first3 = P. | last4 = Langston | first4 = J. | last5 = Merchant | first5 = T. | last6 = Heideman | first6 = R. | last7 = Thompson | first7 = S. | last8 = Sanford | first8 = A. | last9 = Kun | first9 = L. | title = Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: favorable outcome after complete surgical resection. | journal = Neuro Oncol | volume = 3 | issue = 3 | pages = 184-92 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi = | PMID = 11465399 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1920613/pdf/11465399.pdf}}</ref> | *Moderately aggressive (WHO Grade II).<ref name=pmid11465399>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fouladi | first1 = M. | last2 = Jenkins | first2 = J. | last3 = Burger | first3 = P. | last4 = Langston | first4 = J. | last5 = Merchant | first5 = T. | last6 = Heideman | first6 = R. | last7 = Thompson | first7 = S. | last8 = Sanford | first8 = A. | last9 = Kun | first9 = L. | title = Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: favorable outcome after complete surgical resection. | journal = Neuro Oncol | volume = 3 | issue = 3 | pages = 184-92 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi = | PMID = 11465399 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1920613/pdf/11465399.pdf}}</ref> | ||
** very rare: anaplastic PXA (grade III). | |||
*ICD-O: 9424/3. | *ICD-O: 9424/3. | ||
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*Eosinophilic granular bodies - very common.<ref name=pmid11465399/> | *Eosinophilic granular bodies - very common.<ref name=pmid11465399/> | ||
*Inflammatory cells (lymophocytic perivascular cuffs). | *Inflammatory cells (lymophocytic perivascular cuffs). | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
* | *Mitotic activity is low (except in anaplastic PXA, more than 5/10 HPF). | ||
*No | *No necrosis (except in anaplastic PXA). | ||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
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File:PXA HE xanthomatous cells.jpg| Focal xanthomatous cells as in the name PXA. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian) | File:PXA HE xanthomatous cells.jpg| Focal xanthomatous cells as in the name PXA. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian) | ||
File:PXA HE X10.jpg | Perivascular lymphocytic cuffs are not uncommon. HE, intermed-low magnification.(WC/jensflorian) | File:PXA HE X10.jpg | Perivascular lymphocytic cuffs are not uncommon. HE, intermed-low magnification.(WC/jensflorian) | ||
File:PXA HE x20.jpg | | File:PXA HE x20.jpg | Eosinophilc granular bodies in a PXA. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian) | ||
File:PXA Gomori Reticulin Stain.jpg | A delicate | File:PXA Gomori Reticulin Stain.jpg | A delicate meshwork of retiulin fibers in PXA. Gomori, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian) | ||
File:PXA GFAP IHC.jpg | GFAP IHC is often heterogenous in PXA. Intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian) | File:PXA GFAP IHC.jpg | GFAP IHC is often heterogenous in PXA. Intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||