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Spinal imaging in intracranial primary pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with anaplastic features
Christian Nern1, Jürgen Hench, Arne Fischmann
1Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. NernC@uhbs.ch
Abstract:
We present a patient with an intracranial primary pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) with anaplastic features that recurred repeatedly after surgery. Late in the course, radiological follow-up revealed an unresectable spinal tumor. Very few patients with PXA associated with a spinal tumor have been reported. Earlier detection of the spinal lesion would have potentially improved the therapeutic options for the patient.
