%0 Case Reports
%T Spinal astroblastoma, MN1 altered in 3-year-old child: An uncommon tumor at an unusual site.
%A Panda AK
%A Das S
%A Singh A
%A Vaishya S
%A Gupta RK
%A Sharma MC
%A Ahlawat S
%J Neuropathology
%V 44
%N 4
%D 2024 Aug 26
%M 38409890
%F 2.076
%R 10.1111/neup.12965
%X Astroblastoma is an uncommon circumscribed glial tumor mostly involving the cerebral hemisphere. The characteristic molecular alteration is meningioma (disrupted in balanced translocation) 1 (MN1) rearrangement. No definite World Health Organization grade has been assigned as both low- and high-grade tumors are known to occur. Tumors in the spine are extremely rare; to date only three cases have been reported in the literature. A vigilant microscopy and ancillary testing aid in diagnosis when the tumors present in unusual locations, as in our case. The prompt differentiation of this tumor from its mimickers is a mandate as modalities of management are different and not clearly established.