Pilocytic astrocytoma

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Follow-up MRI in a brain tumor that had been biopsied 10 years before. The patient had also undergone radiotherapy (gamma knife) and ventriculo-peritoneal shunting.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
mri

Periventricular cystic/solid mass. Marked leukopathy of the corpus callosum, probably resulting from irradiation.

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