Ganglion cells in circumscribed astrocytic tumors: possible implication in classification and prognosis

• Main Authors: Veronica Goulart Moreira (Author), Nathalie Henriques Silva Canedo (Author), Leila Maria Cardão Chimelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Glial and neuroglial cell neoplasms comprise pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) and ganglioglioma (GG), which share various similarities, though PA has better prognosis. As ganglion cells (GC) may be scarce in GG and these gangliogliomas may recur or progre...