Difference between revisions of "Diffuse astrocytoma"

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*No necrosis, no vascular proliferations.
*No necrosis, no vascular proliferations.


===IHC===
==IHC==
*[[GFAP]]+ve.
*[[GFAP]]+ve.
*[[MAP2]]+ve (especially in cell processes).
*[[MAP2]]+ve (especially in cell processes).
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*[[ATRX]] loss in 70%.
*[[ATRX]] loss in 70%.


===Molecular===
==Molecular==
*Absence of LOH 1p/19q.
*Absence of LOH 1p/19q.
*Tp53 mutations in approx. 60% (80-90% in gemistocytic, 50% in fibrillary types).
*Tp53 mutations in approx. 60% (80-90% in gemistocytic, 50% in fibrillary types).
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*Reactive astrocytosis.
*Reactive astrocytosis.
*Demyelinisation.
*Demyelinisation.
 
*[[Anaplastic astrocytoma]]
*[[Oligoastrocytoma]]
*[[Oligodendroglioma]] - esp. protoplasmatic forms.
*[[SEGA]] - esp. gemistocytic forms.


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<gallery>
File:Diffuse_astrocytoma_HE_stain.jpg | DIffuse astrocytoma, [[H&E]] (WC/jensflorian)
File:Astrocytoma whoII HE.jpg | Astrocytoma, fibrillary type (WC/jensflorian)
File:Astrocytoma whoII HE.jpg | Astrocytoma, fibrillary type (WC/jensflorian)
File:Neuropathology case II 02.jpg | Astrocytoma, protoplasmatic type (WC/jensflorian)
File:Neuropathology case II 02.jpg | Astrocytoma, protoplasmatic type (WC/jensflorian)
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