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This autopsy case report describes a clinically aggressive, histologically well-differentiated, diffuse, primary leptomeningeal astrocytoma. This rare tumour produced a meningitic clinical picture associated with hydrocephalus, focal spinal cord necrosis, and signs of spinal and cranial nerve root irritation. Despite the microscopic features, death occurred approximately 7 weeks after the first meningeal symptoms.
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This case was Diagnostic Case 15 of the 29th (1989) Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Neuropathologists
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Ramsay, D.A., Goshko, V. & Nag, S. Primary spinal leptomeningeal astrocytoma. Acta Neuropathol 80, 338–341 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00294654
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