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Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy

MedGen UID:
418977
•Concept ID:
C2931068
•
Disease or Syndrome

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Novel suprasellar location of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma: a single institution's experience.
Naylor RM, Wohl A, Raghunathan A, Eckel LJ, Keating GF, Daniels DJ
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2018 Oct;22(4):397-403. Epub 2018 Jul 6 doi: 10.3171/2018.4.PEDS17638. PMID: 29979130Free PMC Article
Desmoplastic astrocytoma: new insights into its clinical profile, diagnosis, and treatment.
Rojas-Medina LM, Carrasco-Moro R, Rivero-Garvía M, Esteban-Fernández L, Rivas-Infante E, Márquez-Rivas J
Childs Nerv Syst 2016 Sep;32(9):1577-85. Epub 2016 Sep 1 doi: 10.1007/s00381-016-3126-y. PMID: 27624454
Radiological features of infantile glioblastoma and desmoplastic infantile tumors: British Columbia's Children's Hospital experience.
Bader A, Heran M, Dunham C, Steinbok P
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2015 Aug;16(2):119-25. Epub 2015 May 8 doi: 10.3171/2014.10.PEDS13634. PMID: 25955808
Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy: a case report.
Olas E, Kordek R, Biernat W, Liberski PP, Zakrzewski K, Alwasiak J, Polis L
Folia Neuropathol 1998;36(1):45-51. PMID: 9595863
Analysis of 200 consecutive neuropathologically verified brain tumors of childhood.
Zakrzewski K, Polis L, Liberski PP, Alwasiak J
Pol J Pathol 1997;48(4):211-20. PMID: 9529926

Diagnosis

Desmoplastic astrocytoma: new insights into its clinical profile, diagnosis, and treatment.
Rojas-Medina LM, Carrasco-Moro R, Rivero-Garvía M, Esteban-Fernández L, Rivas-Infante E, Márquez-Rivas J
Childs Nerv Syst 2016 Sep;32(9):1577-85. Epub 2016 Sep 1 doi: 10.1007/s00381-016-3126-y. PMID: 27624454
Radiological features of infantile glioblastoma and desmoplastic infantile tumors: British Columbia's Children's Hospital experience.
Bader A, Heran M, Dunham C, Steinbok P
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2015 Aug;16(2):119-25. Epub 2015 May 8 doi: 10.3171/2014.10.PEDS13634. PMID: 25955808
Gliofibroma with extensive calcified deposits.
Kim NR, Suh YL, Shin HJ, Park IS
Clin Neuropathol 2003 Jan-Feb;22(1):14-22. PMID: 12617189
Desmoplastic cerebral glioblastoma of infancy.
Al-Sarraj ST, Bridges LR
Br J Neurosurg 1996 Apr;10(2):215-9. doi: 10.1080/02688699650040412. PMID: 8861317
Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytomas of infancy: a histopathologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and molecular genetic study.
Louis DN, von Deimling A, Dickersin GR, Dooling EC, Seizinger BR
Hum Pathol 1992 Dec;23(12):1402-9. doi: 10.1016/0046-8177(92)90061-7. PMID: 1468778

Therapy

Response in a child with a BRAF V600E mutated desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma upon retreatment with vemurafenib.
van Tilburg CM, Selt F, Sahm F, Bächli H, Pfister SM, Witt O, Milde T
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2018 Mar;65(3) Epub 2017 Dec 12 doi: 10.1002/pbc.26893. PMID: 29230924
Desmoplastic astrocytoma: new insights into its clinical profile, diagnosis, and treatment.
Rojas-Medina LM, Carrasco-Moro R, Rivero-Garvía M, Esteban-Fernández L, Rivas-Infante E, Márquez-Rivas J
Childs Nerv Syst 2016 Sep;32(9):1577-85. Epub 2016 Sep 1 doi: 10.1007/s00381-016-3126-y. PMID: 27624454

Prognosis

Novel suprasellar location of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma: a single institution's experience.
Naylor RM, Wohl A, Raghunathan A, Eckel LJ, Keating GF, Daniels DJ
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2018 Oct;22(4):397-403. Epub 2018 Jul 6 doi: 10.3171/2018.4.PEDS17638. PMID: 29979130Free PMC Article
Desmoplastic astrocytoma: new insights into its clinical profile, diagnosis, and treatment.
Rojas-Medina LM, Carrasco-Moro R, Rivero-Garvía M, Esteban-Fernández L, Rivas-Infante E, Márquez-Rivas J
Childs Nerv Syst 2016 Sep;32(9):1577-85. Epub 2016 Sep 1 doi: 10.1007/s00381-016-3126-y. PMID: 27624454
Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy: a case report.
Olas E, Kordek R, Biernat W, Liberski PP, Zakrzewski K, Alwasiak J, Polis L
Folia Neuropathol 1998;36(1):45-51. PMID: 9595863
Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma and desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy.
VandenBerg SR
Brain Pathol 1993 Jul;3(3):275-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1993.tb00754.x. PMID: 8293187
Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytomas of infancy: a histopathologic, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and molecular genetic study.
Louis DN, von Deimling A, Dickersin GR, Dooling EC, Seizinger BR
Hum Pathol 1992 Dec;23(12):1402-9. doi: 10.1016/0046-8177(92)90061-7. PMID: 1468778

Clinical prediction guides

Response in a child with a BRAF V600E mutated desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma upon retreatment with vemurafenib.
van Tilburg CM, Selt F, Sahm F, Bächli H, Pfister SM, Witt O, Milde T
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2018 Mar;65(3) Epub 2017 Dec 12 doi: 10.1002/pbc.26893. PMID: 29230924

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