1 |
Friede (1978) [1] |
3.9 yr/F |
Lower medulla oblongata |
Dedifferentiation of the glial component |
Died (3 mo) |
2 |
Snipes et al. (1991) [8] |
2 mo/F |
Right thalamus and floor of the fourth ventricle |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III (mitoses up to 5 per 10-HPF) |
Died (16 mo) |
3 |
Vazquez et al. (1991) [5] |
11 mo/F |
Right temporal lobe |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III (pleomorphism and numerous MFs) |
Alive (2 yr) |
4 |
Schober et al. (1992) [9] |
18 yr/M |
Right frontal lobe |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III (foci of pleomorphism, sparse and abnormal MFs) |
Alive (7 days) |
5 |
Cerda-Nicolas and Kepes (1993) [10] |
4 yr/F |
Fourth ventricle, extending to the prepontine cistern and left temporal lobe |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III |
No data |
6 |
Cerda-Nicolas and Kepes (1993) [10] |
9 yr/F |
Left parietal lobe |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III (pleomorphism and ocassional MFs) |
Alive (5.5 mo) |
7 |
Caldemeyer et al. (1995) [11] |
8 yr/M |
Right temporal lobe |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III (numerous MFs) |
No data |
8 |
Sharma et al. (1998) [4] |
54 yr/F |
Right parietal lobe |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III (pleomorphism, MFs and 10.5% of PI) |
Died (6 mo) |
9 |
Kim et al. (2003) [12] |
25 yr/M |
Left parietal lobe |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III (up to 35.8% of PI) |
Alive (2 mo) |
10 |
Gargano et al. (2014) [2] |
10.7 yr/F |
Left fronto-parietal lobe |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, WHO grade III (mild to moderate pleomorphism with up to 10% of PI) |
Alive (2 yr) |
Subtotal (10 cases) |
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Mortality rate (cases with available data) (5/8) = 62.5% |
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11 |
Bastos Leite et al. (2002) [13] |
47 yr/F |
Left parietal lobe |
Glioblastoma, WHO grade IV (nuclear atypia, endothelial proliferation, necrosis and mitoses) |
Died (1 yr) |
12 |
Present case |
50 yr/F |
Left parieto-temporal lobe |
Glioblastoma, WHO grade IV (microvascular proliferation, palisading necrosis and up to 50% of PI) |
Died (1 mo) |
Subtotal (2 cases) |
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Mortality rate (2/2) = 100.0% |
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Total (12 cases) |
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Overall mortality rate (cases with available data) (7/10) = 70.0% |
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