ReviewCNS oncology2017
Adult pilocytic astrocytoma of conus medullaris: clinical considerations and review of the literature.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intramedullary tuberculoma of conus medullaris: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Analysis of Spinal Pilocytic Astrocytoma in 12 Case Reports and Literature Review.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2024Review
- Pilocytic Astrocytoma Arising from the Conus Medullaris in an Adult: A Case Report.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2022Article
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- Sterically stabilized recombined HDL composed of modified apolipoprotein A-I for efficient targeting toward glioma cells.Drug delivery · 2020Article
- Efficacy of surgery for the treatment of astrocytoma: A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Astrocytomas are responsible for 30% of all primitive intramedullary tumors with cervicothoracic predominance. However, only about one hundred cases of intramedullary pilocytic astrocytomas were described. The authors described the case of a 69 year-old patient presenting with a broad-base gait, bilateral pain and dysesthesia of inferior limbs with a diagnosis of an intra-axial cystic lesion centered to the conus medullaris, diagnosed as pilocytic astrocytoma of conus medullaris (PACM) after surgery. To the best of our knowledge, only two previous reports concerning PACM were made. As benign lesions associated with long survivals, function should be the mainstay of treatment of PACM. Surgical resection should be performed. Adjuvant radiotherapy or chemotherapy has no establish role in pilocytic astrocytic lesions.
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