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'''Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma''', abbreviated '''SEGA''', is a low-grade astrocytoma associated with [[tuberous sclerosis complex]]. | |||
==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. (???) | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Neuropathology tumours]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|2}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Neuropathology tumours]] | |||