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astrocytoma
(redirected from gemistocytic 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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[FIGURE 2 OMITTED] Although gemistocytes may be found in all grades of astrocytoma (II, III, and IV), gemistocytic astrocytoma is currently recognized as a distinct variant only of diffuse astrocytoma (WHO grade II).
Glioblastoma: morphologic and molecular genetic diversity by Miller, C. Ryan; Perry, Arie / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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