Spinal astroblastoma: a rare tumour in an unusual location

Astroblastomas are central nervous system tumours with unknown cell of origin and clinical behaviour. These tumours occur most commonly in cerebral hemispheres with spinal astroblastomas being very rare. We report a case of spinal astroblastoma which harboured MN1 alteration.

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Child's nervous system Vol. 38; no. 9; pp. 1797 - 1801
Main Authors:	Rao, Shilpa, Nufina, T. A., Sugur, Harsha, Arumalla, Kirit, Devi, B. Indira, Santosh, Vani
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-09-2022
Subjects:	Case Report Medicine Medicine & Public Health Neurosciences Neurosurgery Spinal MN1 Astroblastoma
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Summary:	Astroblastomas are central nervous system tumours with unknown cell of origin and clinical behaviour. These tumours occur most commonly in cerebral hemispheres with spinal astroblastomas being very rare. We report a case of spinal astroblastoma which harboured MN1 alteration.
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ISSN:	0256-7040 1433-0350
DOI:	10.1007/s00381-022-05468-w