Sajadi A, Janzer R-C, Lu T-L C, Duff J M
Department of Neurosurgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2008 Jul;150(7):729-31. doi: 10.1007/s00701-008-1605-y. Epub 2008 Jun 9.
We report a 45-year old woman with a pilomyxoid astrocytoma (PMA) of the cervical spinal cord with a rapid clinical course and fatal outcome. Moreover, two family members of the patient were reported to have brainstem tumours with similar histopathological features. This may be the first report of familial PMAs.
