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Fibrillary astrocytoma
Type of brain tumor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fibrillary astrocytomas are a group of primary slow-growing brain tumors that typically occur in adults between the ages of 20 and 50.[citation needed]
![]() | This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. The reason given is: Per the 2021 update of the WHO classification, "fibrillary astrocytoma" is not a separate type of tumor. Most are instead classified as low-grade variants of "astrocytoma, IDH-mutated". (August 2021) |
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Fibrillary astrocytoma | |
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Other names | Low-grade or diffuse astrocytomas |
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Diffuse fibrillary astrocytomas arising in the brain stem favor the pons: The tumor here produces the classic hypertrophy of the affected region. | |
Specialty | Neuro-oncology |
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