Neurological Surgery 脳神経外科40巻9号

2012年09月発行

症例

成人大脳半球に生じたpilocytic astrocytomaの1例

著者： 村橋威夫¹ 佐藤憲市¹ 伊東民雄¹ 尾崎義丸¹ 杉尾啓徳¹ 中村博彦¹ 田中伸哉²

所属機関： ¹中村記念病院脳神経外科 ²北海道大学大学院医学研究科病理学講座腫瘍病理学分野

ページ範囲：P.793 - P.797

Ⅰ．はじめに

　毛様細胞性星細胞腫（pilocytic astrocytoma：PA）は，星細胞性腫瘍の1つであるが，通常型といわれるびまん性星細胞腫とは異なり，限局型に分類される特殊な星細胞腫である²⁰⁾．WHO分類ではGrade 1に分類される生物学的悪性度の低い腫瘍である．主に小児，若年者に発生し，成人発生例は稀といわれている⁸⁾．今回われわれは右頭頂葉に発生した囊胞性のPAの1例を経験したので報告する．

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