| Print Date: | June 19, 2013, 6:11 pm |
| Title | Astrocytoma, grading and subtypes |
| Text | Astrocytomas can be classified as circumscribed or diffuse, and further classified by histology:
* Circumscribed (mostly in children and young adults) > Pilocytic (WHO 1) > Subependymal Giant Cell (WHO 1) > Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma (WHO 2 or 3) * Diffuse (mostly in adults and cerebral hemisphere) > Fibrillary (WHO 2,3,4) > Protoplasmic (WHO 2,3,4) > Gemistocytic (WHO 2,3,4) http://rad.medpix.net/rad/who/who-index.html |
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| Contributor | James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. (Uniformed Services University) |
| Peer Reviewer | James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. (Uniformed Services University) |
| Record Number | : 4733 |
| Created | 2003-04-05 01:31:57-05 |
| Modified | 2003-04-05 01:32:55-05 |
| Category: | Neoplasm, glial |
| Location: | Brain and Neuro |
| Sublocation: | None Selected |
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