Pilocytic Astrocytoma of the Cerebellopontine Angle with cerebrospinal fluid Spread in an Adult: A Case Report

Erhan Bıyıklı; Meltem Kursun; Tuba Oguzsoy; Suheyla Bozkurt; Fatih Bayraklı

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1749374

Brazilian Neurosurgery (Dec 2022)

Pilocytic Astrocytoma of the Cerebellopontine Angle with cerebrospinal fluid Spread in an Adult: A Case Report

Erhan Bıyıklı,
Meltem Kursun,
Tuba Oguzsoy,
Suheyla Bozkurt,
Fatih Bayraklı

Affiliations

Erhan Bıyıklı: ORCiD; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Meltem Kursun: ORCiD; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Tuba Oguzsoy: ORCiD; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Suheyla Bozkurt: ORCiD; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Fatih Bayraklı: ORCiD; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1749374
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 41, no. 04
pp. e379 – e381

Abstract

Read online

Introduction Pilocytic astrocytoma of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is uncommon, and its spread to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at the time of diagnosis has not been reported in the literature.

Published in Brazilian Neurosurgery

ISSN: 0103-5355 (Print); 2359-5922 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00028832

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords