A pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) or juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA) is a tumor in the primary central nervous system (CNS). ... (MRI) to get a clear picture of the tumor.

A new study finds that operative plans for removing juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, or JPA, tumors in the thalamus of the brain can be augmented with Diffusion Tensor Imaging, or DTI. The ...

A new study published this week in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics finds that operative plans for removing juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, or JPA, tumors in the thalamus of the brain can ...

T1 Axial plus gadolinium contrast MRI scan. (A) Case 1. (B) Case 2. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging. Case 2. Ms S is a 77-year-old right-handed woman who was diagnosed 5 ... if any, is measured in ...

An MRI on Oct. 2%2C 2012%2C revealed Hailie had a brain tumor that required immediate surgery. ... Hailie was diagnosed with a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA), a rare childhood brain tumor, ...

A 14-year-old Oklahoma teen who woke one morning in 2014 unable to walk or move her arms was told for a year that her debilitating headaches and other symptoms were nothing to worry about.

Their world stopped when the MRI showed a mass in Mia’s brain. After a biopsy, Mia was diagnosed with a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, a type of brain tumor. “It was pretty rough.

Cassie was diagnosed with Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma, a brain tumor that affected an estimated 1,118 children in the U.S. last year. Some of the symptoms of JPA’s are vomiting, ...