Spinal astroblastoma, MN1 altered in 3‐year‐old child: An uncommon tumor at an unusual site
Arun Kumar Panda,
Sumanta Das,
Anuj Singh
et al.
Abstract:Astroblastoma is an uncommon circumscribed glial tumor mostly involving the cerebral hemisphere. The characteristic molecular alteration is meningioma (disrupted in balanced translocation) 1 (MN1) rearrangement. No definite World Health Organization grade has been assigned as both low‐ and high‐grade tumors are known to occur. Tumors in the spine are extremely rare; to date only three cases have been reported in the literature. A vigilant microscopy and ancillary testing aid in diagnosis when the tumors presen… Show more
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