World Neurosurg
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Infantile and non-infantile desmoplastic astrocytoma and ganglioglioma: only different age of onset?
The purpose of this study was to investigate clinical, pathological, and prognostic discrepancies between infantile and noninfantile desmoplastic astrocytoma/ganglioglioma patients. ⋯ Infantile and noninfantile patients with DIA/DIGs share similar clinical and histopathological features. Compared with infantile patients, noninfantile patients tend to have different symptom predominance. Lesions in noninfantile patients are prone to present with different cystic-solid patterns and smaller volume. Patients with DIA/DIGs have favorable prognosis regardless of extent of resection.