Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Diffuse astrocytic tumor ====== see [[Diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumor]]s. ---- In the [[World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System 2016]] ((Louis DN, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, et al. WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system. Lyon, France 2016)) the term diffuse astrocytic tumors (sometimes called [[diffuse astrocytoma]]s) refers to the class of infiltrating CNS tumors composed of astrocytes (sometimes called [[diffuse glioma]]s), whereas the term diffuse astrocytoma can refer to a lower grade ([[WHO grade II]]) subset of this class, with higher grade lesions consisting of [[anaplastic astrocytoma]] ([[WHO grade III]]) and [[glioblastoma]] ([[WHO grade IV]]). diffuse_astrocytic_tumor.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:59by 127.0.0.1