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A non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma
Masayasu Kato1, Hirohito Yano, Ayumi Okumura
1Department of Neurosurgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, 500-8705 Gifu, Japan. masayasu@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
Case Report:
We describe a very rare non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma (DIA). A 9-year-old boy presented with motor weakness and sensory disturbance in his right upper and lower limbs. CT and MRI showed a contrast-enhanced large cystic tumor in the left sensorimotor area. We successfully resected the entire tumor. Its histopathological features were typical of DIA.
Outcome:
The patient's neurological symptoms improved postoperatively. Neither radiotherapy nor chemotherapy was used postoperatively. The patient developed normally and had been doing well for 12 months after surgery without tumor recurrence.
