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Anaplastic astrocytoma
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Astrocytoma
- well-differentiated brain tumour
- forms 20% of intracerebral neoplasms
Sites
- in adults
- found in cerebral hemispheres
- first 2 decades
- optic nerve
- 3rd ventricle
- midbrain
- pons
- cerebellum
- young adults
- thoracic and cervical spinal cord
Variants
Prognosis
- ~5 years
- transformation in 10% of cases
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