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encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine




Disease glioma
Comorbidity C0334583|pilocytic astrocytoma
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PubMedID- 20461521 Introduction: pilomyxoid astrocytoma (pma) is a recently described glial tumor with similarities to pilocytic astrocytomas, yet with distinct histopathological characteristics and a more aggressive behavior.
PubMedID- 21989351 pilocytic astrocytoma (pa) is one of the most common glial neoplasms in the pediatric population, and its gross total resection can be curative.
PubMedID- 23406771 Conclusion: the presence of multiple neuroepithelial tumors of different histopathology in the same patient is extremely rare, and we report one such case of dual gliomas with hypothalamic pilocytic astrocytoma and cauda equina myxopapillary ependymoma in a 10-year-old patient.

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