A glial tumor of the brain or spinal cord showing astrocytic differentiation. It includes the following clinicopathological entities: pilocytic astrocytoma, diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, and glioblastoma. [ NCIT:C6958 https://github.com/NCI-Thesaurus/thesaurus-obo-edition/issues/23 ]
Synonyms: astrocytoma, no ICD-O subtype astroglioma astrocytic neoplasm astrocytoma of brain astrocytic tumor
Term information
- Orphanet:94 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MedDRA:10003571 (Orphanet:94/e)
- DOID:3069 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C6958 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- GARD:12928 (MONDO:GARD)
gard_rare, otar, disease_grouping, rare, ordo_group_of_disorders
This class encompasses astrocytomas proper as well as GBM. See https://github.com/NCI-Thesaurus/thesaurus-obo-edition/issues/23
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3069
http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_94
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C6958