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astrocytoma

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astrocytoma [‚as·trə‚sī′tōm·ə]
(medicine)
A slow-growing glial tumor made up of cells resembling astrocytes; often it will undergo malignant change and assume the appearance and growth characteristics of a glioblastoma.


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For example, PBDE-99 has been reported to induce activation of PKC isoforms [alpha], [epsilon], and [zeta] in astrocytoma cells in vitro (Madia et al.
In Japan, it is estimated that about 2,500 people develop GBM annually, of whom about 2,200 people are diagnosed as anaplastic astrocytoma.
5,6) Other differential diagnoses include intracranial astrocytoma or meningioma with nasal extension, neuroglial heterotopia, lymphoma/plasmacytoma, esthesioneuroblastoma, angiofibroma, lethal midline granuloma and, rarely, carcinoid tumor.
 
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