Directory of Pilocytic Astrocytomas Resources

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Slow growing cystic tumor that occurs primarily in children and young adults. Location of tumors is in the optic nerve, optic hypothalamus, thalamus and basal ganglia, cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, and brain stem. Associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). Rarely fatal disease.

 

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