A Case Series Characterizing Pilomyxoid Astrocytomas in Childhood

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology
Amy RosenfeldAllen M Kaplan

Abstract

The term pilomyxoid astrocytoma (PMA) was added to the World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of the central nervous system in 2007. Pilomyxoid tumors are grade II tumors, considered to be variants of pilocytic astrocytomas. We attempted to determine if positron emission tomography (PET), proliferative index (PI), and BRAF V600E mutation help better define PMAs. We report 5 patients' clinical and neuroimaging findings, pathology (PI), and outcome. Four of the 5 patients had PET scans. Three patients showed [18F]fluoro-deoxyglucose hypermetabolism. The PI was elevated in all 5 cases and the BRAF V600E mutation was found in 3 of the 3 patients tested. Our data suggest that PMAs are hypermetabolic on PET, have elevated PIs and BRAF V600E mutations, and behave aggressively.

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BETA
PMAs
PMA
PCR
surgical resection
biopsy

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