Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma: Diagnostics and Targeted Therapy
Nicholas Panzo Background: Pilomyxoid astrocytoma (PMA) is a rare, aggressive variant of pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) which is associated with shorter progression-free and overall survival than PA.1 PMA tends to affect infants and younger children and has a higher probability of local recurrence and cerebrospinal spread than PA. 2, 3 There…