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| Caption = Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma [[H&E stain]]. | |||
| Synonyms = SEGA | |||
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| LMDDx = [[ganglioglioma]], [[pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]], [[glioblastoma]] | |||
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| IHC = GFAP +ve | |||
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| Site = brain - usu. wall of ventricles | |||
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| Prevalence = rare - esp. in young adults | |||
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| Prognosis = good (WHO Grade I) | |||
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'''Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma''', abbreviated '''SEGA''', is a low-grade astrocytoma associated with [[tuberous sclerosis complex]]. | '''Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma''', abbreviated '''SEGA''', is a low-grade astrocytoma associated with [[tuberous sclerosis complex]]. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
*Associated with [[tuberous sclerosis complex]] (TSC).<ref name=pmid21455842>{{Cite journal | last1 = Grajkowska | first1 = W. | last2 = Kotulska | first2 = K. | last3 = Jurkiewicz | first3 = E. | last4 = Roszkowski | first4 = M. | last5 = Daszkiewicz | first5 = P. | last6 = Jóźwiak | first6 = S. | last7 = Matyja | first7 = E. | title = Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas with atypical histological features mimicking malignant gliomas. | journal = Folia Neuropathol | volume = 49 | issue = 1 | pages = 39-46 | month = | year = 2011 | doi = | PMID = 21455842 }}</ref> | *Associated with [[tuberous sclerosis complex]] (TSC).<ref name=pmid21455842>{{Cite journal | last1 = Grajkowska | first1 = W. | last2 = Kotulska | first2 = K. | last3 = Jurkiewicz | first3 = E. | last4 = Roszkowski | first4 = M. | last5 = Daszkiewicz | first5 = P. | last6 = Jóźwiak | first6 = S. | last7 = Matyja | first7 = E. | title = Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas with atypical histological features mimicking malignant gliomas. | journal = Folia Neuropathol | volume = 49 | issue = 1 | pages = 39-46 | month = | year = 2011 | doi = | PMID = 21455842 }}</ref> | ||
** 6-14% of all TSC patients will develop a SEGA. | |||
*Associated with epilepsy. | |||
*WHO Grade I. | *WHO Grade I. | ||
==Gross/radiology== | ==Gross/radiology== | ||
*Well-demarcated. | *Well-demarcated. | ||
*Often projecting into a ventricle. | |||
*May be calcified | |||
*Circumscribed tumour. | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:MRI of brain with sub-ependymal giant cell astrocytoma.jpg | SEGA in Tuberous sclerosis. (WC/AFIP) | |||
Image:Sega_gross.jpg | SEGA. (WC/AFIP) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name=upmc_case179/><ref name=pmid9595853>{{Cite journal | last1 = Taraszewska | first1 = A. | last2 = Kroh | first2 = H. | last3 = Majchrowski | first3 = A. | title = Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma: clinical, histologic and immunohistochemical characteristic of 3 cases. | journal = Folia Neuropathol | volume = 35 | issue = 3 | pages = 181-6 | month = | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9595853 }}</ref> | Features:<ref name=upmc_case179/><ref name=pmid9595853>{{Cite journal | last1 = Taraszewska | first1 = A. | last2 = Kroh | first2 = H. | last3 = Majchrowski | first3 = A. | title = Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma: clinical, histologic and immunohistochemical characteristic of 3 cases. | journal = Folia Neuropathol | volume = 35 | issue = 3 | pages = 181-6 | month = | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9595853 }}</ref> | ||
*Giant cells with nuclear atypia ("bizarre cells"). | *Giant cells with nuclear atypia ("bizarre cells", "ganglioid cells"). | ||
**Vesicular nuclei. | **[[Vesicular nuclei]]. | ||
**[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]].<ref name=upmc179>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html]. Accessed on: 8 January 2012.</ref> | **[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]].<ref name=upmc179>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html]. Accessed on: 8 January 2012.</ref> | ||
*Glassy eosinophilic cytoplasm. | *Glassy eosinophilic cytoplasm. | ||
*Elongated cells in a fibrillary background. | |||
*Abundant [[mast cell]]s.<ref name=upmc179>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html]. Accessed on: 8 January 2012.</ref> | *Abundant [[mast cell]]s.<ref name=upmc179>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html]. Accessed on: 8 January 2012.</ref> | ||
*Lymphocytic infiltrates. | |||
*Endothelial proliferations and/or necrosis are not a sign of malignancy. | |||
===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||
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Image:SEGA HE.jpg | SEGA. (WC/Sbrandner) | Image:SEGA HE.jpg | SEGA. (WC/Sbrandner) | ||
Image:SEGA NF.jpg | SEGA - NF stain. (WC/Sbrandner) | Image:SEGA NF.jpg | SEGA - NF stain. (WC/Sbrandner) | ||
Image:SEGA GFAP x100.jpg | SEGA - GFAP stain. (WC/Sbrandner) | Image:SEGA GFAP x100.jpg | SEGA - GFAP stain. (WC/jensflorian) | ||
File:SEGA GFAP.jpg | SEGA -GFAP stain. (WC/Sbrandner) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==IHC== | ==IHC== | ||
Features:<ref name=pmid9595853/> | Features:<ref name=pmid9595853/><ref name=pmid8546029>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hirose | first1 = T. | last2 = Scheithauer | first2 = BW. | last3 = Lopes | first3 = MB. | last4 = Gerber | first4 = HA. | last5 = Altermatt | first5 = HJ. | last6 = Hukee | first6 = MJ. | last7 = VandenBerg | first7 = SR. | last8 = Charlesworth | first8 = JC. | title = Tuber and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma associated with tuberous sclerosis: an immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and immunoelectron and microscopic study. | journal = Acta Neuropathol | volume = 90 | issue = 4 | pages = 387-99 | month = | year = 1995 | doi = | PMID = 8546029 }}</ref> | ||
*GFAP +ve. ( | *GFAP +ve. (50%) | ||
*Vimentin +ve. ( | *Vimentin +ve. (100%) | ||
*S100 +ve. ( | *S100 +ve. (100%) | ||
*Neurofilament +/-ve (ganglionic component). | |||
*Synaptophysin +/-ve (ganglionic component).. | |||
*[[TTF-1]] (7 out of 7).<ref name=pmid25669749>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hewer | first1 = E. | last2 = Vajtai | first2 = I. | title = Consistent nuclear expression of thyroid transcription factor 1 in subependymal giant cell astrocytomas suggests lineage-restricted histogenesis. | journal = Clin Neuropathol | volume = 34 | issue = 3 | pages = 128-31 | month = | year = | doi = 10.5414/NP300818 | PMID = 25669749 }}</ref> | |||
* MIB-1 usu. low (1-5%). | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Neuropathology tumours]] | [[Category:Neuropathology tumours]] | ||
[[Category:WHO grade I tumours]] |