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Neuropediatrics 1980; 11(1): 91-95
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1071380
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KONNATALES RIESENGLIOM

GIANT CONNATAL GLIOMAE.  Auff , H.  Schuster
  • Neurologisches Institut der Universität Wien und Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik
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19 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

A cliniconeuropathological report is given on a four months old girl with head enlargement first recognized at the age of four weeks. A giant intracranial tumor was found at autopsy, which was histologically an isomorphous, largely pilocytic astrocytoma without morphological features suggesting rapid growth. This connatal astrocytoma seems unique in size, suggesting tumor formation already during very early embryonal development.

Key words

Connatal tumor - astrocytoma - brain tumor

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