RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Diffuse Pontine Astrocytoma With Lipocytic Differentiation JF Ochsner Journal JO Ochsner J FD O. P. Jindal Global University SP 244 OP 248 VO 12 IS 3 A1 Craver, Randall A1 Arcement, Christopher A1 Chrisentery Singleton, Tammuella YR 2012 UL http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/12/3/244.abstract AB A 7-year-old boy was treated with radiation and chemotherapy for a diffuse pontine glioma. At autopsy, 8 months after diagnosis, the tumor was a diffuse grade II fibrillary astrocytoma with prominent lipocytic differentiation. Literature review suggests that lipocytic differentiation in low-grade astrocytomas occurs in a variety of patient ages, anatomic sites, grades, and astrocytic subtypes. Although the majority of low-grade lipoastrocytomas have behaved benignly, this child's lipoastrocytoma was the underlying cause of death. This outcome suggests that the outcomes of low-grade lipoastrocytic tumors may be expected to be the same as the underlying tumor subtype.