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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 7/2004

01-07-2004 | Case Report

A non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma

Authors: Masayasu Kato, Hirohito Yano, Ayumi Okumura, Jun Shinoda, Noboru Sakai, Kuniyasu Shimokawa

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 7/2004

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Abstract

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.
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Metadata
Title
A non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma
Authors
Masayasu Kato
Hirohito Yano
Ayumi Okumura
Jun Shinoda
Noboru Sakai
Kuniyasu Shimokawa
Publication date
01-07-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 7/2004
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-003-0888-9

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