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==Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma==
==Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma==
*Abbreviated ''SEGA''.
*Abbreviated ''SEGA''.
 
{{Main|Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma}}
===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>
*WHO Grade I.
 
===Gross/radiology===
*Well-demarcated.
 
===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>
*Giant cells with nuclear atypia ("bizarre cells").
**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>
*Glassy eosinophilic cytoplasm.
*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>
 
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179/micro.html SEGA (upmc.edu)].<ref name=upmc_case179>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case179.html]. Accessed on: 29 July 2011.</ref>
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case500.html SEGA - another case (upmc.edu)].
 
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=pmid9595853/>
*GFAP +ve. (???)
*Vimentin +ve. (???)
*S100 +ve. (???)


==Pilomyxoid astrocytoma==
==Pilomyxoid astrocytoma==
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