SEREBRAL ASTROBLASTOM: OLGU SUNUMU

Astroblastomlar genellikle çocuk ve genç erişkinlerde görülen santral sinir sisteminin nadir görülen nöroepitelyal tümörüdür. İyi sınırlı kortikal ve subkortikal dairesel kitle oluştururlar. Olgumuz sık sık nöbet ve bayılma şikayetleri ile kurumumuz polikliniğine başvuran 45 yaşında erkek hastadır. Beyin BTde sağ frontal lobda 5,5 cm çapında hipodens kitle tespit edilmiş. Histopatolojik tanısı anaplastik astroblastom olarak yorumlandı. Olgunun 12 aylık takibinde nüks saptanmadı. Özellikle çocuklarda ve genç erişkinlerde ependimom morfolojisine sahip olan tümörler saptandığında, astroblastom ayırıcı tanı arasına alınması gereken bir antite olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır.

Cerebral Astroblastoma: A Case Report

Astroblastoma, an uncommon neuroepithelial tumor, typically presents in young adults as a wellcircumscribed cortical or subcortical spherical mass. A 45-year-old male presented to us with seizure and syncope complaint. Brain computed tomography revealed well demarcated, peripherally enhancing hipodens mass of 5,5 cm in right frontal lobe with mass effect. She underwent gross total resection of the lesion. The histopathologic diagnosis was suggestive of anaplastic astroblastoma. The patient had no evidence of recurrence of tumor during the last 12 months of followup. Especially when having detected the tumor ependymoma morphology in children and young adults, astroblastomas is between differential diagnosis emerges.

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