chordoid glioma of the third ventricle
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Epidemiology
- rare slow growing tumor of the third ventricle (no reports of other sites)
- adults (age range 30 - 70 years, mean 46 years)
- 3:1 female predominance
Microscopic pathology
- clusters & cords of epitheliod GFAP + cells
- variabley mucinous stroma with lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate
- mitoses absent or rare
- little tendency for microscopic infiltration of surrounding brain
- reactive astrocytes, Rosenthal fibers, chronic inflammation in adjacent non-neoplastic tissues
Immunophenotype
Differential diagnosis
Notes
provisional WHO grade II
More general terms
References
- ↑ WHO Classification Tumours of the Nervous System. Kleihues & Cavenee eds. IARC Press 2000