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'''Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma''', abbreviated '''PXA''', is [[neuropathology tumour]] classically associated with seizures in children.
 
==General==
Features:
*Rare (less than 1% of all astrocytic tumors).
*Classically in the temporal lobe in children and young adults.
*Associated with seizures.
*Moderately aggressive (WHO Grade II).<ref name=pmid11465399>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fouladi | first1 = M. | last2 = Jenkins | first2 = J. | last3 = Burger | first3 = P. | last4 = Langston | first4 = J. | last5 = Merchant | first5 = T. | last6 = Heideman | first6 = R. | last7 = Thompson | first7 = S. | last8 = Sanford | first8 = A. | last9 = Kun | first9 = L. | title = Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: favorable outcome after complete surgical resection. | journal = Neuro Oncol | volume = 3 | issue = 3 | pages = 184-92 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11465399 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1920613/pdf/11465399.pdf}}</ref>
*Anaplastic PXA (grade III) - rare. <ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Louis | first1 = DN. | last2 = Perry | first2 = A. | last3 = Reifenberger | first3 = G. | last4 = von Deimling | first4 = A. | last5 = Figarella-Branger | first5 = D. | last6 = Cavenee | first6 = WK. | last7 = Ohgaki | first7 = H. | last8 = Wiestler | first8 = OD. | last9 = Kleihues | first9 = P. | title = The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary. | journal = Acta Neuropathol | volume = 131 | issue = 6 | pages = 803-20 | month = Jun | year = 2016 | doi = 10.1007/s00401-016-1545-1 | PMID = 27157931 }}</ref>
*ICD-O: 9424/3.
 
==Gross==
*Temporal lobe - classic.
*Usually assoc. with the leptomeninges,<ref name=pmid11465399/> i.e. superficial (in up 96%).
 
<gallery>
File:405663-PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA.jpg |  Typical appearance is one of a superficially situated tumor, here a mural nodule, associated with an underlying cyst (AFIP)
File:Pleomorphic-xanthoastrocytoma-002.jpg | Hemorrhagic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA), MRI (WC/RadsWiki)
</gallery>
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1333>{{Ref PBoD8|1333}}</ref>
*Fibrillary background.
*Large cells with marked nuclear atypia.
*Multinuclear cells possible.
*Reticulin meshwork.
*Lipidized cells.
*Eosinophilic granular bodies - very common.<ref name=pmid11465399/>
*Inflammatory cells (lymophocytic perivascular cuffs).
 
 
==Grading==
* Grade II: Mitotic activity is low, no necrosis.
* Grade III anaplastic PXA: more than 5/10 HPF, may have necrosis.
 
Notes:
Anaplastic PXA was introduced in the WHO2016 revision as a distinct entity.
In the past, the tumor was called ''PXA with anaplastic features''.
 
DDx:
*[[Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma]].
*[[Ganglioglioma]].
*[[Glioblastoma]].
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Pleo xantho.jpg | HE smear of a PXA. (WC/AFIP)
File:PXA HE frozen high mag.jpg | HE intraoperative frozen section of PXA. (WC/jensflorian)
File:PXA HE 40x-2.jpg | The tumor is aptly named due to ist pleomorphic cells. HE, high magnification. (WC/marvin101)
File:PXA HE pleomorphic cells.jpg | The pleomorphic cells must not be confused with a higly anaplastic glioma. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)
File:PXA HE xanthomatous cells.jpg| Focal xanthomatous cells as in the name PXA. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)
File:PXA HE X10.jpg | Perivascular lymphocytic cuffs are not uncommon. HE, intermed-low magnification.(WC/jensflorian)
File:PXA HE x20.jpg | Eosinophilc granular bodies in a PXA. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)
File:PXA Gomori Reticulin Stain.jpg | A delicate meshwork of retiulin fibers in PXA. Gomori, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)
File:PXA GFAP IHC.jpg | GFAP IHC is often heterogenous in PXA. Intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)
File:Anaplastic_pxa_histology.jpg| HE of anaplastic PXA.
</gallery>
www:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case499.html Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case511.html Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with anaplasia - another case - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case578.html Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with anaplasia - case 3 - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case579.html Cerebellar pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma - case 4 - several image (upmc.edu)].
 
==Stains==
*[[Reticulin stain]] - intercellular, prominent.<ref name=pmid21479234>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dias-Santagata | first1 = D. | last2 = Lam | first2 = Q. | last3 = Vernovsky | first3 = K. | last4 = Vena | first4 = N. | last5 = Lennerz | first5 = JK. | last6 = Borger | first6 = DR. | last7 = Batchelor | first7 = TT. | last8 = Ligon | first8 = KL. | last9 = Iafrate | first9 = AJ. | title = BRAF V600E mutations are common in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: diagnostic and therapeutic implications. | journal = PLoS One | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | pages = e17948 | month =  | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0017948 | PMID = 21479234 }}</ref>
 
Image:
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3066220/figure/pone-0017948-g001/ PXA - several images (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid21479234/>
 
==IHC==
*GFAP +ve.
*S-100 +ve.
*CD68 +ve.
*CD34 frequently.
*MAP2+ve and Synapto+ve pleomorphic cells
*MIB-1 usually low.
 
==Molecular==
* BRAF V600E mutation in 2/3 of the cases<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schindler | first1 = G. | last2 = Capper | first2 = D. | last3 = Meyer | first3 = J. | last4 = Janzarik | first4 = W. | last5 = Omran | first5 = H. | last6 = Herold-Mende | first6 = C. | last7 = Schmieder | first7 = K. | last8 = Wesseling | first8 = P. | last9 = Mawrin | first9 = C. | title = Analysis of BRAF V600E mutation in 1,320 nervous system tumors reveals high mutation frequencies in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, ganglioglioma and extra-cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma. | journal = Acta Neuropathol | volume = 121 | issue = 3 | pages = 397-405 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/s00401-011-0802-6 | PMID = 21274720 }}</ref>
**(mostly in temporal, reticulin-fiber rich tumors)<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Koelsche | first1 = C. | last2 = Sahm | first2 = F. | last3 = Wöhrer | first3 = A. | last4 = Jeibmann | first4 = A. | last5 = Schittenhelm | first5 = J. | last6 = Kohlhof | first6 = P. | last7 = Preusser | first7 = M. | last8 = Romeike | first8 = B. | last9 = Dohmen-Scheufler | first9 = H. | title = BRAF-mutated pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is associated with temporal location, reticulin fiber deposition and CD34 expression. | journal = Brain Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 221-9 | month = Apr | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1111/bpa.12111 | PMID = 24345274 }}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Neuropathology tumours]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


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Latest revision as of 12:38, 11 October 2019

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
Diagnosis in short

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma.
LM marked nuclear atypia, eosinophilic granular bodies - very common, inflammation (chronic), no necrosis
Site brain - typical temporal lobe
Clinical history seizure, children & young adults

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, abbreviated PXA, is neuropathology tumour classically associated with seizures in children.

General

Features:

  • Rare (less than 1% of all astrocytic tumors).
  • Classically in the temporal lobe in children and young adults.
  • Associated with seizures.
  • Moderately aggressive (WHO Grade II).[1]
  • Anaplastic PXA (grade III) - rare. [2]
  • ICD-O: 9424/3.

Gross

  • Temporal lobe - classic.
  • Usually assoc. with the leptomeninges,[1] i.e. superficial (in up 96%).

  • Typical appearance is one of a superficially situated tumor, here a mural nodule, associated with an underlying cyst (AFIP)

  • Hemorrhagic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA), MRI (WC/RadsWiki)

Microscopic

Features:[3]

  • Fibrillary background.
  • Large cells with marked nuclear atypia.
  • Multinuclear cells possible.
  • Reticulin meshwork.
  • Lipidized cells.
  • Eosinophilic granular bodies - very common.[1]
  • Inflammatory cells (lymophocytic perivascular cuffs).


Grading

  • Grade II: Mitotic activity is low, no necrosis.
  • Grade III anaplastic PXA: more than 5/10 HPF, may have necrosis.

Notes: Anaplastic PXA was introduced in the WHO2016 revision as a distinct entity. In the past, the tumor was called PXA with anaplastic features.

DDx:

Images

  • HE smear of a PXA. (WC/AFIP)

  • HE intraoperative frozen section of PXA. (WC/jensflorian)

  • The tumor is aptly named due to ist pleomorphic cells. HE, high magnification. (WC/marvin101)

  • The pleomorphic cells must not be confused with a higly anaplastic glioma. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)

  • Focal xanthomatous cells as in the name PXA. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)

  • Perivascular lymphocytic cuffs are not uncommon. HE, intermed-low magnification.(WC/jensflorian)

  • Eosinophilc granular bodies in a PXA. HE, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)

  • A delicate meshwork of retiulin fibers in PXA. Gomori, intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)

  • GFAP IHC is often heterogenous in PXA. Intermed magnification.(WC/jensflorian)

  • HE of anaplastic PXA.

www:

Stains

Image:

IHC

  • GFAP +ve.
  • S-100 +ve.
  • CD68 +ve.
  • CD34 frequently.
  • MAP2+ve and Synapto+ve pleomorphic cells
  • MIB-1 usually low.

Molecular

  • BRAF V600E mutation in 2/3 of the cases[5]
    • (mostly in temporal, reticulin-fiber rich tumors)[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fouladi, M.; Jenkins, J.; Burger, P.; Langston, J.; Merchant, T.; Heideman, R.; Thompson, S.; Sanford, A. et al. (Jul 2001). "Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: favorable outcome after complete surgical resection.". Neuro Oncol 3 (3): 184-92. PMID 11465399.
  2. ↑ Louis, DN.; Perry, A.; Reifenberger, G.; von Deimling, A.; Figarella-Branger, D.; Cavenee, WK.; Ohgaki, H.; Wiestler, OD. et al. (Jun 2016). "The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary.". Acta Neuropathol 131 (6): 803-20. doi:10.1007/s00401-016-1545-1. PMID 27157931.
  3. ↑ Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; Aster, Jon (2009). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1333. ISBN 978-1416031215.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dias-Santagata, D.; Lam, Q.; Vernovsky, K.; Vena, N.; Lennerz, JK.; Borger, DR.; Batchelor, TT.; Ligon, KL. et al. (2011). "BRAF V600E mutations are common in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: diagnostic and therapeutic implications.". PLoS One 6 (3): e17948. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017948. PMID 21479234.
  5. ↑ Schindler, G.; Capper, D.; Meyer, J.; Janzarik, W.; Omran, H.; Herold-Mende, C.; Schmieder, K.; Wesseling, P. et al. (Mar 2011). "Analysis of BRAF V600E mutation in 1,320 nervous system tumors reveals high mutation frequencies in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, ganglioglioma and extra-cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma.". Acta Neuropathol 121 (3): 397-405. doi:10.1007/s00401-011-0802-6. PMID 21274720.
  6. ↑ Koelsche, C.; Sahm, F.; Wöhrer, A.; Jeibmann, A.; Schittenhelm, J.; Kohlhof, P.; Preusser, M.; Romeike, B. et al. (Apr 2014). "BRAF-mutated pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is associated with temporal location, reticulin fiber deposition and CD34 expression.". Brain Pathol 24 (3): 221-9. doi:10.1111/bpa.12111. PMID 24345274.
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