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References for Supratentorial Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytomas in Children

This page was last updated on November 25th, 2022

  1. Kepes JJ, Rubinstein LJ, Eng LF: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: a distinctive meningocerebral glioma of young subjects with relatively favorable prognosis. A study of 12 cases. Cancer 44:1839-1852, 1979
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  8. Kim B, Chung CK, Myung JK, et al : Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma associated with long-standing Taylor-type IIB-focal cortical dysplasia in an adult. Pathol Res Pract 205:113-117, 2009
  9. Zakrzewska M, Szybka M, Biernat W, et al: Prevalence of mutated TP53 on cDNA (but not on DNA template) in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with positive TP53 immunohistochemistry. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 193:93-97, 2009
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  17. Fernandez D, Muranjan MN, Bavdekar SB, et al: Pleomorphic xanthoasrocytoma. Indian Pediatrics 38:297-300, 2001
  18. Lien RD, Cardenas CA, Rajagopalan S: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma of the brain: MR findings in six patients. Am J Roentgenol 159:1287-1290, 1992
  19. Perkins SM, Mitra N, Fei W, et al: Patterns of care and outcomes of patients with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: a SEER analysis. J Neurooncol 110:99-104, 2012
  20. Ng  WH, Lim T, Yeo TT: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in elderly patients may portend a poor prognosis. J Clin Neurosci 15:476-478, 2008
  21. Michael M, Etzl JR: Positron emission tomography in three children with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. J Child Neurol 7:522-527, 2002
  22. Macaulay RJ, Jay V, Hoffman HJ, et al: Increased mitotic activity as a negative prognostic indicator in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Case report. J Neurosurg 79:761-768, 1993
  23. Cartmill M, Hewitt M, Walker D, et al: The use of chemotherapy to facilitate surgical resection in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Experience in a single case. Childs Nerv Syst 17:563-566, 2001
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  28. Marton E, Feletti A, Orvieto E, et al: Malignant progression in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: personal experience and review of the literature. J Neurol Sci 252:144-153, 2007
  29. Dias-Santagata D, Lam Q, Vernovsky K, et al: BRAF V600E mutations are common in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: diagnostic and therapeutic implications. PLoS One 29;6:e17948, 2011
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  32. Charbel FT: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with malignant progression. Surg Neurol 50:385–386, 1998
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