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==Overview==
==Overview==
Oligoastrocytoma must be differentiated from [[astrocytoma]], [[Anaplastic|anaplastic astrocytoma]], [[oligodendroglioma]], [[pilocytic astrocytoma]], [[Adult brain tumors classification|central neurocytoma]], [[ependymoma]], [[dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor]], [[meningioma]], and [[metastasis|cerebral metastasis]].<ref name=ddx1>DDx of oligoastrocytoma. Librepathology 2015. http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Oligoastrocytoma. Accessed on October 16, 2015</ref><ref name=pathoOA1>{{cite book | last = Adesina | first = Adekunle | title = Atlas of pediatric brain tumors | publisher = Springer | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9781441910622 }}</ref><ref name="pmid20425038">{{cite journal| author=Pouratian N, Schiff D| title=Management of low-grade glioma. | journal=Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep | year= 2010 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 224-31 | pmid=20425038 | doi=10.1007/s11910-010-0105-7 | pmc=PMC2857752 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20425038  }} </ref><ref name="pmid18533376">{{cite journal| author=Chandana SR, Movva S, Arora M, Singh T| title=Primary brain tumors in adults. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2008 | volume= 77 | issue= 10 | pages= 1423-30 | pmid=18533376 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18533376  }} </ref>
Oligoastrocytoma must be differentiated from [[astrocytoma]], [[Anaplastic|anaplastic astrocytoma]], [[oligodendroglioma]], [[pilocytic astrocytoma]], [[Adult brain tumors classification|central neurocytoma]], [[ependymoma]], [[dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor]], [[meningioma]], and [[metastasis|cerebral metastasis]].<ref name="ddx1">DDx of oligoastrocytoma. Librepathology 2015. http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Oligoastrocytoma. Accessed on October 16, 2015</ref><ref name="pathoOA1">{{cite book | last = Adesina | first = Adekunle | title = Atlas of pediatric brain tumors | publisher = Springer | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9781441910622 }}</ref><ref name="pmid20425038">{{cite journal| author=Pouratian N, Schiff D| title=Management of low-grade glioma. | journal=Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep | year= 2010 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 224-31 | pmid=20425038 | doi=10.1007/s11910-010-0105-7 | pmc=PMC2857752 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20425038  }} </ref><ref name="pmid18533376">{{cite journal| author=Chandana SR, Movva S, Arora M, Singh T| title=Primary brain tumors in adults. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2008 | volume= 77 | issue= 10 | pages= 1423-30 | pmid=18533376 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18533376  }} </ref>


==Differentiating Oligoastrocytoma from other Diseases==
==Differentiating Oligoastrocytoma from other Diseases==
Oligoastrocytoma must be differentiated from:<ref name=ddx1>DDx of oligoastrocytoma. Librepathology 2015. http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Oligoastrocytoma. Accessed on October 16, 2015</ref><ref name=pathoOA1>{{cite book | last = Adesina | first = Adekunle | title = Atlas of pediatric brain tumors | publisher = Springer | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9781441910622 }}</ref><ref name="pmid20425038">{{cite journal| author=Pouratian N, Schiff D| title=Management of low-grade glioma. | journal=Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep | year= 2010 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 224-31 | pmid=20425038 | doi=10.1007/s11910-010-0105-7 | pmc=PMC2857752 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20425038  }} </ref><ref name="pmid18533376">{{cite journal| author=Chandana SR, Movva S, Arora M, Singh T| title=Primary brain tumors in adults. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2008 | volume= 77 | issue= 10 | pages= 1423-30 | pmid=18533376 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18533376  }} </ref>
Oligoastrocytoma must be differentiated from:<ref name="ddx1">DDx of oligoastrocytoma. Librepathology 2015. http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Oligoastrocytoma. Accessed on October 16, 2015</ref><ref name="pathoOA1">{{cite book | last = Adesina | first = Adekunle | title = Atlas of pediatric brain tumors | publisher = Springer | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9781441910622 }}</ref><ref name="pmid20425038">{{cite journal| author=Pouratian N, Schiff D| title=Management of low-grade glioma. | journal=Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep | year= 2010 | volume= 10 | issue= 3 | pages= 224-31 | pmid=20425038 | doi=10.1007/s11910-010-0105-7 | pmc=PMC2857752 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20425038  }} </ref><ref name="pmid18533376">{{cite journal| author=Chandana SR, Movva S, Arora M, Singh T| title=Primary brain tumors in adults. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2008 | volume= 77 | issue= 10 | pages= 1423-30 | pmid=18533376 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18533376  }} </ref>
*[[Astrocytoma]]
*[[Astrocytoma]]
*[[Anaplastic|Anaplastic astrocytoma]]
*[[Anaplastic|Anaplastic astrocytoma]]
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|Oligoastrocytoma
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* No contrast enhancement with gadollonium
* Hypointense lesion at T1
* Hyperintense lesion at T2
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* Oligodendrocytes and astrocytes origin
* soft, well-defined, grey-tan, mucoid or hemorrhagic, calcified mass with or without necrosis
* [[supratentorial]] region
* [[Cell|Highly cellular lesions]]
* [[Nucleus|Round or oviod nucleus]]
* [[Atypia|Nuclear atypia]]
* Significant or brisk [[Mitoses|mitotic activity]] (≥ 6 mitoses per 10 high power field)
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* [[Biopsy]]
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* Commonly diagnosed late in the term of the disease
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Glioblastoma multiforme]]<br><ref name="pmid17964028">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sathornsumetee S, Rich JN, Reardon DA |title=Diagnosis and treatment of high-grade astrocytoma |journal=Neurol Clin |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=1111–39, x |date=November 2007 |pmid=17964028 |doi=10.1016/j.ncl.2007.07.004 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22819718">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pedersen CL, Romner B |title=Current treatment of low grade astrocytoma: a review |journal=Clin Neurol Neurosurg |volume=115 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |date=January 2013 |pmid=22819718 |doi=10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.07.002 |url=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book | last = Mattle | first = Heinrich | title = Fundamentals of neurology : an illustrated guide | publisher = Thieme | location = Stuttgart New York | year = 2017 | isbn = 9783131364524 }}</ref>
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Glioblastoma multiforme]]<br><ref name="pmid17964028">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sathornsumetee S, Rich JN, Reardon DA |title=Diagnosis and treatment of high-grade astrocytoma |journal=Neurol Clin |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=1111–39, x |date=November 2007 |pmid=17964028 |doi=10.1016/j.ncl.2007.07.004 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22819718">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pedersen CL, Romner B |title=Current treatment of low grade astrocytoma: a review |journal=Clin Neurol Neurosurg |volume=115 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |date=January 2013 |pmid=22819718 |doi=10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.07.002 |url=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book | last = Mattle | first = Heinrich | title = Fundamentals of neurology : an illustrated guide | publisher = Thieme | location = Stuttgart New York | year = 2017 | isbn = 9783131364524 }}</ref>
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* [[Supratentorial]]
*[[Supratentorial]]
* Irregular ring-nodular enhancing lesions
* Irregular ring-nodular enhancing lesions
* Central [[necrosis]]
* Central [[necrosis]]
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* [[Astrocyte]] origin
* [[Astrocyte]] origin


* [[Pleomorphism|Pleomorphic]] cell
*[[Pleomorphism|Pleomorphic]] cell


* Pseudopalisading appearance
* Pseudopalisading appearance


* [[GFAP]] +
*[[GFAP]] +


* [[Necrosis]] +
*[[Necrosis]] +


* [[Hemorrhage]] +
*[[Hemorrhage]] +


* [[Vascular]] prolifration +
*[[Vascular]] prolifration +
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* [[Biopsy]]
* [[Biopsy]]
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Oligodendroglioma]]<br><ref name="pmid26849038">{{cite journal |vauthors=Smits M |title=Imaging of oligodendroglioma |journal=Br J Radiol |volume=89 |issue=1060 |pages=20150857 |date=2016 |pmid=26849038 |pmc=4846213 |doi=10.1259/bjr.20150857 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25943885">{{cite journal |vauthors=Wesseling P, van den Bent M, Perry A |title=Oligodendroglioma: pathology, molecular mechanisms and markers |journal=Acta Neuropathol. |volume=129 |issue=6 |pages=809–27 |date=June 2015 |pmid=25943885 |pmc=4436696 |doi=10.1007/s00401-015-1424-1 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26478444">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kerkhof M, Benit C, Duran-Pena A, Vecht CJ |title=Seizures in oligodendroglial tumors |journal=CNS Oncol |volume=4 |issue=5 |pages=347–56 |date=2015 |pmid=26478444 |pmc=6082346 |doi=10.2217/cns.15.29 |url=}}</ref>
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Oligodendroglioma]]<br><ref name="pmid26849038">{{cite journal |vauthors=Smits M |title=Imaging of oligodendroglioma |journal=Br J Radiol |volume=89 |issue=1060 |pages=20150857 |date=2016 |pmid=26849038 |pmc=4846213 |doi=10.1259/bjr.20150857 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25943885">{{cite journal |vauthors=Wesseling P, van den Bent M, Perry A |title=Oligodendroglioma: pathology, molecular mechanisms and markers |journal=Acta Neuropathol. |volume=129 |issue=6 |pages=809–27 |date=June 2015 |pmid=25943885 |pmc=4436696 |doi=10.1007/s00401-015-1424-1 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid26478444">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kerkhof M, Benit C, Duran-Pena A, Vecht CJ |title=Seizures in oligodendroglial tumors |journal=CNS Oncol |volume=4 |issue=5 |pages=347–56 |date=2015 |pmid=26478444 |pmc=6082346 |doi=10.2217/cns.15.29 |url=}}</ref>
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* Hypointense on T1
* Hypointense on T1
* Hyperintense on T2
* Hyperintense on T2
* [[Calcification]]  
*[[Calcification]]


* Chicken wire capillary pattern
* Chicken wire capillary pattern
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* [[Oligodendrocyte]] origin
* [[Oligodendrocyte]] origin


* [[Calcification]] +
*[[Calcification]] +


* Fried egg cell appearance
* Fried egg cell appearance
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Meningioma]]<br><ref name="pmid1642904">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zee CS, Chin T, Segall HD, Destian S, Ahmadi J |title=Magnetic resonance imaging of meningiomas |journal=Semin. Ultrasound CT MR |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=154–69 |date=June 1992 |pmid=1642904 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25744347">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shibuya M |title=Pathology and molecular genetics of meningioma: recent advances |journal=Neurol. Med. Chir. (Tokyo) |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=14–27 |date=2015 |pmid=25744347 |doi=10.2176/nmc.ra.2014-0233 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17509660">{{cite journal |vauthors=Begnami MD, Palau M, Rushing EJ, Santi M, Quezado M |title=Evaluation of NF2 gene deletion in sporadic schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas by chromogenic in situ hybridization |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=38 |issue=9 |pages=1345–50 |date=September 2007 |pmid=17509660 |pmc=2094208 |doi=10.1016/j.humpath.2007.01.027 |url=}}</ref>
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Meningioma]]<br><ref name="pmid1642904">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zee CS, Chin T, Segall HD, Destian S, Ahmadi J |title=Magnetic resonance imaging of meningiomas |journal=Semin. Ultrasound CT MR |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=154–69 |date=June 1992 |pmid=1642904 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid25744347">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shibuya M |title=Pathology and molecular genetics of meningioma: recent advances |journal=Neurol. Med. Chir. (Tokyo) |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=14–27 |date=2015 |pmid=25744347 |doi=10.2176/nmc.ra.2014-0233 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17509660">{{cite journal |vauthors=Begnami MD, Palau M, Rushing EJ, Santi M, Quezado M |title=Evaluation of NF2 gene deletion in sporadic schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas by chromogenic in situ hybridization |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=38 |issue=9 |pages=1345–50 |date=September 2007 |pmid=17509660 |pmc=2094208 |doi=10.1016/j.humpath.2007.01.027 |url=}}</ref>
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* [[Meninges|Dural]] attachment
* [[Meninges|Dural]] attachment
* [[CSF]] [[vascular]] cleft sign
*[[CSF]] [[vascular]] cleft sign
* Sunburst appearance of the [[Vessel|vessels]]
* Sunburst appearance of the [[Vessel|vessels]]
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Hemangioblastoma]]<br><ref name="pmid24579662">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lonser RR, Butman JA, Huntoon K, Asthagiri AR, Wu T, Bakhtian KD, Chew EY, Zhuang Z, Linehan WM, Oldfield EH |title=Prospective natural history study of central nervous system hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau disease |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=120 |issue=5 |pages=1055–62 |date=May 2014 |pmid=24579662 |pmc=4762041 |doi=10.3171/2014.1.JNS131431 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17877533">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hussein MR |title=Central nervous system capillary haemangioblastoma: the pathologist's viewpoint |journal=Int J Exp Pathol |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=311–24 |date=October 2007 |pmid=17877533 |pmc=2517334 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2613.2007.00535.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid2704812">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lee SR, Sanches J, Mark AS, Dillon WP, Norman D, Newton TH |title=Posterior fossa hemangioblastomas: MR imaging |journal=Radiology |volume=171 |issue=2 |pages=463–8 |date=May 1989 |pmid=2704812 |doi=10.1148/radiology.171.2.2704812 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid945331">{{cite journal |vauthors=Perks WH, Cross JN, Sivapragasam S, Johnson P |title=Supratentorial haemangioblastoma with polycythaemia |journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=218–20 |date=March 1976 |pmid=945331 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Hemangioblastoma]]<br><ref name="pmid24579662">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lonser RR, Butman JA, Huntoon K, Asthagiri AR, Wu T, Bakhtian KD, Chew EY, Zhuang Z, Linehan WM, Oldfield EH |title=Prospective natural history study of central nervous system hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau disease |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=120 |issue=5 |pages=1055–62 |date=May 2014 |pmid=24579662 |pmc=4762041 |doi=10.3171/2014.1.JNS131431 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17877533">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hussein MR |title=Central nervous system capillary haemangioblastoma: the pathologist's viewpoint |journal=Int J Exp Pathol |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=311–24 |date=October 2007 |pmid=17877533 |pmc=2517334 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2613.2007.00535.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid2704812">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lee SR, Sanches J, Mark AS, Dillon WP, Norman D, Newton TH |title=Posterior fossa hemangioblastomas: MR imaging |journal=Radiology |volume=171 |issue=2 |pages=463–8 |date=May 1989 |pmid=2704812 |doi=10.1148/radiology.171.2.2704812 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid945331">{{cite journal |vauthors=Perks WH, Cross JN, Sivapragasam S, Johnson P |title=Supratentorial haemangioblastoma with polycythaemia |journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=218–20 |date=March 1976 |pmid=945331 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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* [[Infratentorial]]
*[[Infratentorial]]


* [[Cyst|Cystic]] lesion with a solid enhancing mural [[nodule]]
*[[Cyst|Cystic]] lesion with a solid enhancing mural [[nodule]]
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* [[Blood vessel]] origin
* [[Blood vessel]] origin


* [[Capillary|Capillaries]] with thin walls
*[[Capillary|Capillaries]] with thin walls
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* [[Biopsy]]
* [[Biopsy]]
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| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + [[Bitemporal hemianopia]]
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + [[Bitemporal hemianopia]]
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* [[Endocrine]] abnormalities as a result of [[Pituitary adenoma|functional adenomas]] or pressure effect of non-functional [[Adenoma|adenomas]]
*[[Endocrine]] abnormalities as a result of [[Pituitary adenoma|functional adenomas]] or pressure effect of non-functional [[Adenoma|adenomas]]
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* Isointense to normal [[pituitary gland]] in T1
* Isointense to normal [[pituitary gland]] in T1
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* It causes [[hearing loss]] and [[tinnitus]]  
* It causes [[hearing loss]] and [[tinnitus]]


* May be associated with [[Neurofibromatosis type II|NF-2]] (bilateral [[Schwannoma|schwannomas]])
* May be associated with [[Neurofibromatosis type II|NF-2]] (bilateral [[Schwannoma|schwannomas]])
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Primary central nervous system lymphoma|Primary CNS lymphoma]]<br><ref name="pmid7480733">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chinn RJ, Wilkinson ID, Hall-Craggs MA, Paley MN, Miller RF, Kendall BE, Newman SP, Harrison MJ |title=Toxoplasmosis and primary central nervous system lymphoma in HIV infection: diagnosis with MR spectroscopy |journal=Radiology |volume=197 |issue=3 |pages=649–54 |date=December 1995 |pmid=7480733 |doi=10.1148/radiology.197.3.7480733 |url=}}</ref><ref name="Paulus19992">{{cite journal|last1=Paulus|first1=Werner|journal=Journal of Neuro-Oncology|title=Classification, Pathogenesis and Molecular Pathology of Primary CNS Lymphomas|volume=43|issue=3|year=1999|pages=203–208|issn=0167594X|doi=10.1023/A:1006242116122}}</ref>
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Primary central nervous system lymphoma|Primary CNS lymphoma]]<br><ref name="pmid7480733">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chinn RJ, Wilkinson ID, Hall-Craggs MA, Paley MN, Miller RF, Kendall BE, Newman SP, Harrison MJ |title=Toxoplasmosis and primary central nervous system lymphoma in HIV infection: diagnosis with MR spectroscopy |journal=Radiology |volume=197 |issue=3 |pages=649–54 |date=December 1995 |pmid=7480733 |doi=10.1148/radiology.197.3.7480733 |url=}}</ref><ref name="Paulus19992">{{cite journal|last1=Paulus|first1=Werner|journal=Journal of Neuro-Oncology|title=Classification, Pathogenesis and Molecular Pathology of Primary CNS Lymphomas|volume=43|issue=3|year=1999|pages=203–208|issn=0167594X|doi=10.1023/A:1006242116122}}</ref>
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* [[B cell]] origin
*[[B cell]] origin


* Similar to [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma|non hodgkin lymphoma]] ([[Diffuse large B cell lymphoma|diffuse large B cell]])
* Similar to [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma|non hodgkin lymphoma]] ([[Diffuse large B cell lymphoma|diffuse large B cell]])
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* Usually in young [[immunocompromised]] patients ([[HIV]]) or old [[immunocompetent]] person.
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* [[Brain]], [[eye]], and [[Spleen|splenic]] [[Cyst|cysts]] may not produce detectable amount of [[antibodies]]
* [[Brain]], [[eye]], and [[Spleen|splenic]] [[Cyst|cysts]] may not produce detectable amount of [[antibodies]]
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Revision as of 02:54, 23 October 2019

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

Overview

Oligoastrocytoma must be differentiated from astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, pilocytic astrocytoma, central neurocytoma, ependymoma, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, meningioma, and cerebral metastasis.[1][2][3][4]

Differentiating Oligoastrocytoma from other Diseases

Oligoastrocytoma must be differentiated from:[1][2][3][4]

Diseases Clinical manifestations Para-clinical findings Gold
standard
Additional findings
Symptoms Physical examination
Lab Findings MRI Immunohistopathology
Head-
ache
Seizure Visual disturbance Constitutional Focal neurological deficit
Adult primary brain tumors
Oligoastrocytoma + +/− +/− +
  • No contrast enhancement with gadollonium
  • Hypointense lesion at T1
  • Hyperintense lesion at T2
  • Commonly diagnosed late in the term of the disease
Glioblastoma multiforme
[5][6][7]
+ +/− +/− +
  • Pseudopalisading appearance
Oligodendroglioma
[8][9][10]
+ + +/− +
  • Chicken wire capillary pattern
  • Fried egg cell appearance
Meningioma
[11][12][13]
+ +/− +/− +
  • Well circumscribed
  • Extra-axial mass
  • Whorled spindle cell pattern
  • May be associated with NF-2
Hemangioblastoma
[14][15][16][17]
+ +/− +/− +
Pituitary adenoma
[18][19][7]
+ Bitemporal hemianopia
  • It is associated with MEN1 disease.
Schwannoma
[20][21][22][23]
+
  • Split-fat sign
  • Fascicular sign
  • Often have areas of hemosiderin
  • S100+
Primary CNS lymphoma
[24][25]
+ +/− +/− +
  • Single mass with ring enhancement
Childhood primary brain tumors
Pilocytic astrocytoma
[26][27][28]
+ +/− +/− +
Medulloblastoma
[29][30][31]
+ +/− +/− +
  • Homer wright rosettes
Ependymoma
[32][7]
+ +/− +/− +
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Causes an unusually persistent, continuous headache in children.
Craniopharyngioma
[33][34][35][7]
+ +/− + Bitemporal hemianopia +
Pinealoma
[36][37][38]
+ +/− +/− + vertical gaze palsy
  • May cause prinaud syndrome (vertical gaze palsy, pupillary light-near dissociation, lid retraction and convergence-retraction nystagmus
Vascular
AV malformation
[39][40][7]
+ + +/− +/−
Brain aneurysm
[41][42][43][44][45]
+ +/− +/− +/−
  • MRA and CTA
Infectious
Bacterial brain abscess
[46][47]
+ +/− +/− + +
  • Central hypodense signal and surrounding ring-enhancement in T1
  • Central hyperintense area surrounded by a well-defined hypointense capsule with surrounding edema in T2
  • History/ imaging
Tuberculosis
[48][7][49]
+ +/− +/− + +
  • Lab data/ Imaging
Toxoplasmosis
[50][51]
+ +/− +/− +
  • History/ imaging
Hydatid cyst
[52][7]
+ +/− +/− +/− +
  • Imaging
CNS cryptococcosis
[53]
+ +/− +/− + +
  • We may see numerous acutely branching septate hyphae
  • Lab data/ Imaging
CNS aspergillosis
[54]
+ +/− +/− + +
  • Multiple abscesses
  • Ring enhancement
  • Peripheral low signal intensity on T2
  • We may see numerous acutely branching septate hyphae
  • Lab data/ Imaging
Other
Brain metastasis
[55][7]
+ +/− +/− + +
  • Based on the primary cancer type we may have different immunohistopathology findings.
  • History/ imaging

ABBREVIATIONS

CNS=Central nervous system, AV=Arteriovenous, CSF=Cerebrospinal fluid, NF-2=Neurofibromatosis type 2, MEN-1=Multiple endocrine neoplasia, GFAP=Glial fibrillary acidic protein, HIV=Human immunodeficiency virus, BhCG=Human chorionic gonadotropin, ESR=Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, AFB=Acid fast bacilli, MRA=Magnetic resonance angiography, CTA=CT angiography

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